If you are thinking of buying a house, then this is the best time to buy one. Interest rates are bottom low and house prices have taken a deep dive. This is sort of a once in a life time chance to get the best of the both worlds – low interest rates and cheaper houses. It is definitely an unfortunate time in history from economy, employment and overall satisfaction point of view. But anyway, that’s not the topic of discussion today.
What else can be the best companion than your Android phone or tablet that except being a phone can also help you with your house hunting. Below is a list of 5 awesome real estate apps can help you if you are looking for a house. They help you keep track of your customized searches, properties you have to see etc. They help you to quickly do an updated search to see if something new has come on sale and all other goodies you would expect a real estate app to do on a phone. Let’s have a look at them in detail…
1. Realtor
- Realtor android apps lets you instantly search for millions of homes for sale by providing robust search options.
- You can use area highlighter option in the app to look for homes in a particular area.
- The listings include property details with images and pricing on nearby homes.
- Sign in to access your saved searches and listings from the web on your android phone or tablet.
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2. Trulia
- Trulia app les you find homes for sale and/or for rent anywhere in US using Android phone or tablet.
- Find out recently sold home in the area to get an understanding of how much your next house might be worth.
- Customize your search by price, number of beds and baths, and other filters you would expect while searching the house.
- Access favorite listings and searches, save new ones to your Trulia account
- Find open houses near you and easily add them to your calendar
- Search for price reduced homes and use QR codes with built-in scanner access
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3. Zillow
- Search for houses for sale, for rent or just check out the recently sold houses.
- Search by using GPS locator or by typing an address.
- Set filters like Prices, beds, baths and more
- See Zestimate® value of any home or Rent Zestimates (estimated monthly rental price), on most homes and apartments
- Full-screen color photos (in portrait or landscape mode)
- Save favorite homes and searches
- Save a search and get notified when new homes are found (via push notifications)
- Get driving directions to a home with Google Maps
- See price cuts on homes
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4. Apartments
- Find apartments, condos, townhomes, and houses for rent on your Android phone or tablet.
- Search for apartments nearby any location, even your exact location via GPS.
- Refine your search by location, price, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, amenities and more.
- See photos, floor plans and video walkthroughs of apartment listings.
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5. HotPads
- Map-based search of apartments, rentals, real estate, vacation rentals & hotels
- Easily find apartments, rental homes, homes for sale, vacation rentals and even hotels anywhere in the US.
- Detailed rental & real estate listings with photos, price comparisons, school zone information, floor plans, and more.
- Cross platform syncing, to keep track of your latest search no matter what device you use.
- Find directions to each property from your current location.
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There are some city specific apps too available in Android Market, but these 5 apps actually cover it all. It obviously doesn’t hurt to try them all and keep the one that works out for you the most. I personally have found that the information is mostly up to date on Zillow and it has worked out better for me.
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