Access to housing information through photos new applications: Homesnap

Usually, people who are interested in buying a house must want to know more about the listing information, in order to get a glimpse of the structure of a community and related information, most of the purchase of a house before the field visits or inquiries. And in the highly developed digital era of technology and the Internet, the ideal solution is to just take out the iphone in the hands of your favorite house to photograph, you can immediately come to the relevant information, including property valuation, house area, huxing structure and other house details. This may sound strange.

Now, a real estate company called Sawbuck Realty has launched a free application Homesnap, turning this seemingly incredible thing into reality. The company, which is based in Washington, said the app would not disclose any private information about the user, and would not divulge the user's phone and email, which was safe and reliable. Of course, users can also provide relevant related requirements. Homesnap not only allows users to learn more about the house, for example, when a user takes a picture of a house, Homesnap provides information about the house, such as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and can also email, Text and social networking and friends share pictures of their own photographs of the house (the user in the app is taking pictures called snap).

Homesnap positioning audience is the following groups of people who want to buy a house, to help friends understand the purchase information, people interested in real estate information and the real estate business people. If a user shoots a house that is on sale, HOMESNAP can get more information, including an indoor picture and a record of changes in the house price. In addition, users can contact the buyer through the Homesnap to learn more, and even to the field to see the room.

Users can also view pictures of houses in nearby areas or other parts of the country that other HOMESNAP users have taken. Of course, users can also turn off the photo display so that neighbors don't know you're investigating a nearby property and are less likely to disclose more of the house information to potential buyer competitors.

Similar features of real estate applications and websites and Zillow. There are also a number of real estate companies have developed their own applications. However, these applications require the user to enter the address, or browse the list, or based on the map to click on a real estate area to view the relevant information. The Homesnap is obviously more concise, only need the user to take out the iphone for filming to get the real estate information. The company is currently developing Android and ipad versions.

Homesnap is not based on image recognition technology to obtain information about the house, but through the iphone's GPS positioning and sensors to identify and define a property, and then extract the relevant information from the cloud server.

Set Homesnap to stealth mode, users do not have to stand in front of the house can also be photographed (even if the user is located in a nearby house is also a good place), then, the user can choose from the area of the house in the bird's eye view of any property to obtain relevant information.

Sawbuck Realty hopes to attract more customers to use the company's real estate intermediary service through this app. However, the company revealed that the application of 150,000 real estate pictures, only 10% for the sale of houses.

If a property is not on sale, Homesnap gets information about it, such as tax records, school district boundaries, and demographic data. For a property that is on sale, HOMESNAP can provide more detailed information from the local inventory database.

Homesnap is interesting and powerful. For those who desire to buy a house, it is a very useful tool, you can understand the relevant purchase information, to understand the value of housing and other important information. Each snap, for example, includes data from third parties, based on the quality of the neighborhood, the degree of preference and the value of the investment relative to the average market price over the next 10 years. Some of the snap snaps also show the house's previous sales dates and price records.

If there is an error in the HOMESNAP related information, the user can send the error report through the application.

At present, the HOMESNAP does not support the housing leasing service, also cannot obtain the Unit house information accurately in the large area. However, the company says it is working to develop both functions.

If the house is for sale, the HOMESNAP will label it green, and if it is still in the contract period, the display is orange; purple means the property is about to open. Any information changes based on SNAP, the application will be updated accordingly.

Homesnap records the snap history taken by the user, regardless of whether the user chooses to expose it, and stores it in the server. In the HOMESNAP license terms, the company retains the right to use and change the pictures taken by these users again. However, the company promises not to make drastic changes to these images, nor to copy and disseminate images of private status.