HomeSpotter, a MobileRealtyApps technology, employs augmented reality to overlay property information on a device’s live camera feed. As an agent points their iPhone down the street, they see a view of the street and info on all the houses for sale pops up. There’s even a radar display that shows the direction and proximity of nearby properties for sale.

“Mobile interaction with our services is an increasingly important requirement for real estate professionals,” said John Mosey, president of NorthstarMLS. “The addition of HomeSpotter to MobileRealtyApps’ smartphone and tablet solution suite is another example of how NorthstarMLS empowers our customers with best-in-class resources to better serve their customers.”

The NorthstarMLS app, originally launched in early 2011, is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry and is offered as a core member benefit to all of its subscribers. The NorthstarMLS app features full integration with CoreLogic® Matrix™, providing subscribers access to their existing saved searches, contacts, and carts. The app also features integration with BookAShowing™, allowing busy professionals to quickly schedule showings on the go.

HomeSpotter has been available in various real estate broker apps for a few months, but NorthstarMLS is the first MLS to deploy the technology. HomeSpotter is the only readily available solution for the real estate industry that allows any broker or MLS to have their own augmented realty app.

MobileRealtyApps provides a complete mobile solution to brokers and MLSs, featuring apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry, QR codes, and text and voice response solutions. Founded in 2009 by Aaron Kardell and based in Minneapolis, MobileRealtyApps has worked with various brokers and MLSs including NorthstarMLS, Bob Parks Realty, Counselor Realty, and Better Homes & Gardens Area Leaders.

NorthstarMLS serves more than 13,000 REALTORS® in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. The NorthstarMLS system conducted more than $10 billion of real estate transaction volume in 2011, giving customers access to more than 57,000 Active listings, more than 1.2 million comparable and Sold properties, and 2.79 million property records from 87 Minnesota and 3 Wisconsin counties.

NorthstarMLS is owned and operated by the Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc. (RMLS) under a mandate to develop and deliver excellence in the technologies, data resources, programs and policies that support its subscribers in the performance of professional real estate practice.

“The Sunday afternoon drive scouting out homes has never been so fun,” says realtor Andy Asbury with Better Homes & Gardens Area Leaders. “HomeSpotter takes curb appeal to another level.”

HomeSpotter uses a technology called augmented reality to overlay property information on a device’s live camera feed. As a home hunter points their iPhone down the street, they see a view of the street and info on all the houses for sale pops up. There’s even a radar display that show the direction and proximity of nearby properties for sale.

HomeSpotter is currently available to a limited number of brokers for iPhone and iPad apps, and will be coming soon to Android phones as well. HomeSpotter is the first such platform available on the iPad. It’s also the only readily available solution that allows any real estate broker to have their own augmented realty app.

MobileRealtyApps is debuting HomeSpotter at the National Association of Realtors® Expo in Anaheim, Calif., as part of the Innovation Open House on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.

Several broker apps are now offering HomeSpotter technology, including Counselor Realty in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Bob Parks Realty in Nashville, Tenn., and The Premier Property Group in Northwestern Florida.

MobileRealtyApps provides a complete mobile solution to brokers and MLS’s, featuring apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry, QR codes, and text and voice response solutions. Founded in 2009 by Aaron Kardell and based in Minneapolis, MobileRealtyApps has worked with various brokers and MLS’s including NorthstarMLS, Bob Parks Realty, and Counselor Realty.

Contact:
Aaron Kardell: 612-284-2828 x212

The team at MobileRealtyApps.com worked closely with Andy to develop a custom solution, unique to the Minneapolis / St. Paul lofts and condos market.

The resulting solution allows interested condo buyers to easily view all of the information on all of the properties for sale in a given condo building, and to view more photos and information on the building itself (beyond just the property). Our technique leverages a combination of proprietary data and MLS data to provide a compelling user experience.

Our solution also makes it really easy to see at a glance on a map how many properties are for sale at a given location.

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Check back often as we continue to update it. Over the next couple of months, we will be featuring some of our clients’ apps and their successes with the MobileRealtyApps platform.