How do you handle fair housing compliance in search?

We review the search filters the platform will offer against Fair Housing Act requirements before any filter is built. Filters that can proxy for protected characteristics — certain neighbourhood names or school district boundaries — require careful design or should not be offered at all.

Can you build virtual tour integration into the app?

Yes. Matterport 3D tours, video walkthroughs, and interactive floor plans can all be embedded into listing detail pages. The integration approach depends on how your tours are created and hosted, which we confirm during discovery to avoid building against a format that does not match your media workflow.

Can you build for both buyers and property managers?

Yes, and many real estate platforms serve both. The buyer search experience and the property management portal are distinct product surfaces that share a backend, and we scope them together from the start so the data model supports both rather than being rebuilt for the second.

How is this different from your Real Estate industry page?

The Real Estate industry page covers the full range of real estate businesses deciding whether to build. This page covers what building a real estate app actually involves — MLS integration specifics, fair housing compliance, virtual tour embedding, cost tiers, and technology.

PropTech & Real Estate App Development

Buyers and renters now do most of their property research on a phone before they speak to an agent. The search experience they have on Zillow or Realtor.com sets the benchmark: accurate listings that update in real time, map-based search that shows everything available within a chosen boundary, and media rich enough to evaluate a property before scheduling a visit. A branded real estate app that falls short of that benchmark loses users before they ask a single question.

For agents, brokers, and property managers, the case is different. Off-the-shelf CRM tools handle the generic workflow and create workarounds for everything specific to how a particular brokerage or property operation actually runs. A custom app built around your showing process, your offer workflow, and your client communication style gives your team tools that match how they work rather than tools they tolerate because there is no better option.

01

Property Search and Listings

Map-based property search with filters, saved searches, real-time alerts for new listings, and a media experience that lets a buyer evaluate a property before visiting it.

02

MLS and IDX Integration

Live listing data pulled from your MLS through the RESO Web API or IDX feeds, with display compliance built in so listing attribution, update frequency, and status handling all meet your MLS rules.

03

Virtual Tours and 3D Walkthroughs

Embedded 3D tours from Matterport or custom video walkthroughs that let buyers evaluate a property remotely before committing time to a physical showing.

A consumer-facing listing platform with MLS data, map search, saved properties, and agent connectivity, giving buyers and renters a direct channel to your inventory rather than a third-party portal.

A CRM and workflow tool for agents and brokers covering lead management, showing scheduling, offer tracking, client communication, and transaction coordination from first contact to close.

A landlord and tenant platform covering lease management, online rent collection, maintenance requests, vacancy listings, and applicant screening in one tool your tenants actually use.

A buyer using a real estate app expects listing accuracy that matches reality when they arrive at the property. An agent expects a showing schedule they can update from their phone while standing in a driveway. A tenant expects to submit a maintenance request without sending an email and waiting to hear whether anyone read it. These are baseline expectations set by the tools already in the market, and a custom app has to meet or exceed them on day one.

Two compliance obligations shape the product design before features are discussed. IDX display rules — set by each individual MLS — govern how listings are attributed, how frequently data must be updated, and how sold and pending properties may be shown. Fair Housing Act compliance governs what search filters the platform may offer, since certain filters that appear neutral can act as proxies for protected characteristics. Both must be designed into the product, not reviewed after it is launched.

05 features

Map-based property search with custom filters
Saved searches and new listing alerts
Virtual tour and photo gallery viewer
Mortgage calculator and affordability tools
In-app messaging with agent or landlord

Tenant portal with rent collection, maintenance requests, and lease management for one portfolio or a small property manager. These typically fall in the mid five-figure range and take twelve to eighteen weeks.

CRM with showing management, offer tracking, and client communication for a brokerage or agent team. These sit in the mid to high five-figure range with a fourteen to twenty week build.

Consumer-facing property search with IDX integration, map search, virtual tours, and saved search alerts. These run into the high five-figure to six-figure range depending on MLS complexity.

These are market ranges, not fixed quotes. We give you an itemized number after a short discovery call.

01Discovery

We map your MLS access, your target users, your compliance obligations, and your existing tools before any design decisions are made.

02Design

We prototype the search and listing experience with real users before development starts, testing map performance and filter behaviour specifically.

03Development

We build in sprints with regular check-ins so your team can review real listing data and search flows rather than waiting on a final delivery to give feedback.

04Testing

Every build is tested with live MLS data and against IDX display rules before release so listing accuracy and compliance issues are caught before users find them.

We build real estate apps in React Native for iOS and Android. MLS data is pulled through the RESO Web API or legacy RETS feeds depending on your MLS provider. Maps and geospatial search use Google Maps Platform. Virtual tours embed through Matterport or a custom video delivery layer. The backend runs on Node.js with PostgreSQL for listings, saved searches, and user data. Document management for offers and leases uses a secure document storage and e-signature integration.

React Native
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Redis
GraphQL
Google Maps
Matterport
E-Signature
AWS
Google Cloud

01

MLS Integration With Display Compliance Built In

02

Fair Housing Filter Design From The Start

03

Map Search Performance That Handles Real Inventory

04

Support Through Every MLS Rule And Market Change

A real estate app is only as good as the accuracy of its listing data. We treat the IDX integration and the MLS compliance requirements as the first engineering problems on every real estate build.

A real estate app is only as good as the accuracy of its listing data. We treat the IDX integration and the MLS compliance requirements as the first engineering problems on every real estate build.

A real estate app is only as good as the accuracy of its listing data. We treat the IDX integration and the MLS compliance requirements as the first engineering problems on every real estate build.

A real estate app is only as good as the accuracy of its listing data. We treat the IDX integration and the MLS compliance requirements as the first engineering problems on every real estate build.

01

MLS Integration With Display Compliance Built In

02

Fair Housing Filter Design From The Start

03

Map Search Performance That Handles Real Inventory

04

Support Through Every MLS Rule And Market Change

Yes. We work with RESO Web API and RETS feeds across multiple MLS providers. Each MLS has its own compliance rules covering attribution, update frequency, and display of sold and pending properties. We confirm those rules during discovery before any integration work is scoped or priced.

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