iPhone Application for Zillow.com
Imagine strolling through your neighborhood and, with a glance at your iPhone, finding out instantly how much just about any home you walk by last sold for.
What if your iPhone could also display your location on a map that pinpoints nearby homes for sale and any that have recently changed hands?
That’s the promise of the new location-based iPhone application unveiled this week by property valuation and listings giant Zillow.
Zillow’s iPhone app lets users see their location on a map as they walk or drive through a neighborhood, pulling up details not only on 3.3 million for-sale listings but about 95 percent of all U.S. homes.
The free iPhone app delivers much of the same information that draws nearly 9 million visitors a month to the company’s Web site, Zillow.com, including home value “Zestimates” on more than 88 million properties and data on recently sold homes.
“That’s what separates Zillow’s iPhone app from other real estate smart-phone applications,” said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow’s chief operating officer: “Users can pull up details on just about any home they are interested in — not just those that are for sale.”
“Basically what we’ve done is put the power of Zillow into the palm of your hand,” Rascoff said. “Pushing the baby stroller around your neighborhood will never be the same.”
Although I currently use a Palm Centro Smart phone, my husband has an iPhone and uses it for some totally incredibly applications. I think for those agents that have an iPhone, this can be a great addition to their apps list! Each major Smart Phone family (Blackberry, Palm [Treo & Centro] and iPhone) has their benefits and drawbacks. We will talk about some of the other Smart Phones in later issues.
Blessings,
–Darcy Perry
