Real Estate Apps For The iPhone
May 13, 2009 – 8:22 am | by thefrontsteps
We’ve taken the plunge into the land of real estate apps for the iPhone, and (for San Francisco) are still waiting for nirvana. We’ve had the Trulia App for a while, and although it is nice with all kinds of bells and whistles, there is enough inaccuracy (the Open House info has yet to be accurate and up to date for our listings, and price changes are not accurate or timely) to question whether it is even worth keeping on hand (literally), but we’re still poking around on it, and not giving up hope because the folks at Trulia generally do good things.
We’ve already tested other Apps like Pulawai, but found them to be less than stellar, so let’s see how Zillow does for San Francisco. Trulia almost has it right (for them it likely comes down to more frequent feeds from MLS), so can Zillow outdo them?
Just today we’ve downloaded the much hullaballooed Zillow App and will report back shortly. In the meantime, feel free to let us know what you think.
5 Responses to “Real Estate Apps For The iPhone”
By MG on May 13, 2009 | Reply
For those with MLS access, the SFAR MLS iPhone web app is decent:
http://sfarmls.rapmls.com/pda
By thefrontsteps on May 13, 2009 | Reply
Hold on now! Haven’t seen that one. Is that an App, or just web access via pda?
By thefrontsteps on May 13, 2009 | Reply
ugh! But you gotta have that f***ing “token code” too.
By Rudy on May 14, 2009 | Reply
Hi Alex!
Thanks for using the Trulia iPhone app. The data on the app should be the same as the data on the site. If it’s inaccurate on the site, maybe it’s a feed issue. If so, I like to resolve that for you. If you can email me an example, that would be great.
Rudy at trulia.com
Thanks,
Rudy
PS – Stay tuned for our next version of the Trulia iPhone app….
By thefrontsteps on May 14, 2009 | Reply
Talking Open House accuracy, and current pricing, DOM. Just look into it. I don’t recall the exact properties for all of the issues, but I did notice my listing at 2185 Bush didn’t show in your OH last weekend, when, in fact, it was in MLS and certainly Open. I can see that as being very powerful if that is 100% accurate.