New Home-Search Apps Equip Buyers with Real-Time Info, Agent Chat Feature

Home buying hasn’t always been as (relatively) easy as it is today. In ye olden times, fax machines, rolodexes (rolodi?), and landlines were the tools in the agent toolbox, and the search took place over the course of weeks and sometimes months. (In pre-MLS days, listings were delivered to brokerages every few weeks in catalog form, if you can believe!) 

Today you just need a cell phone, WiFi and a couple of hours. Or days, if it’s a seller’s market, which it currently is. We have thankfully evolved to the place where technology has greatly reduced time spent physically looking for a place to live.

Case in point: the Ebby Halliday Companies’ have just released new mobile apps that literally puts North Texas home shopping at your fingertips. Finding your new home could be just a tap away. 

Agents from Ebby Halliday Realtors, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate and Williams Trew are all busy rolling out new apps to their client bases. 

“With our new apps, MLS listings across North Texas are in the palm of your hand,” says Travis Mathews, vice president of Strategic Growth & Technology for the Ebby Halliday Companies. “Our primary goal for this release was providing consumers with the most intuitive mobile real estate experience possible. And we’re satisfied we’ve met that goal.”

Whether shopping by price, location or aesthetics, users of the new apps will find it’s easier than ever to browse homes for sale.

“These new mobile apps provide access to real-time property information and smart messaging tools,” Mathews says. “You can quickly connect within the app to your agent using any mobile device, as well as create saved searches and add favorites at your convenience. Our mobile-first home search with built-in chat makes collaboration fast, easy and fun.”

In addition to the ability to connect anytime, anywhere, the new apps offer easy-to-use home-search options, including:

• Draw Tool that allows you to draw custom boundaries using your finger on a map view to filter available homes within a specific area
• Commute Time feature, in which you can view properties within proximity to your work, daycare or other regularly traveled places 
• Home Scan feature that uses augmented-reality technology to overlay property details through your device’s camera.

“In the mobile world that we live in, simplicity is the name of the game,” says Mathews. “And it’s extremely simple to navigate the apps themselves. They’re fast, look great, and you can even use them to schedule a showing or pre-qualify for a mortgage. All while keeping your agent’s contact information at the ready.”

The new Ebby Halliday Companies apps seamlessly integrate with ebby.com, daveperrymiller.com and williamstrew.com, so clients’ accounts, saved searches and favorited properties sync between the apps and websites. All versions are available on the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad, and on Google Play for Android devices. Download your today for free and experience modern home searching with ease.

In addition to its real estate brands, the Ebby Halliday Companies include core-services companies Prosperity Home Mortgage, Home Team Insurance and Texas Premier Title, to offer a convenient one-door home-buying experience.