HomeCompare v1.0

What is HomeCompare?

People looking to buy a home will use the Rhode Island Housing mobile application “HomeFinder” to streamline their home buying experience. The app will include features that let them capture information about the many different houses that they visit, rate each of the houses, and determine the true cost of each.

Targeted Users

The app is targeted toward people buying their first home. There is an increased focus on people buying a home in Rhode Island, but the target user group includes first-time homebuyers looking to buy a home anywhere in the U.S.

End-User•Person who actually uses HomeCompare App•This Application will be the best fits for who want to buy Home in their budget.

Application Features•Capture information about the home •Calculate the Total First Year Cost•Rate the Home You Visited•View Saved House•Locate your House•Take/Upload Photos•Photo Gallery•Clipboard•Share With Social Networks(Emai/ Facebook)•Map Your Houses

Technical Features

iOS custom Tab barTake Photos/VideosPhoto GalleryFacebook IntegrationGeolocationMapGoogle AnalyticsLocal Database/ Filesystem

Capture the InformationUse Home compare as a digital notebook and record your entire search. Record important infos like Address, List Price, Photos, Videos

Total First Year CostCalculate Total First Year Cost, So that user can decide which home is best suit for their budget.

Rate Your Saved HomeUser can rate the visited homes and they can sort homes based on the Rating, Total First Year Cost

Go SocialUpload Listings to Facebook and/or Email content to close family and friends.

Photo GalleryPhotos and Video Listing from all propeties. User can share, Copy, Delete or View the media.

Technical FeaturesiOS Custom Tabbar:- Replaced existing Titanium Tabbar with custom module.

Photos/Videos :- Take Photos/Videos using device camera or Select Existing Photos From Gallery

Maps: - Map Your Saved Houses

Geolocation: - Locate Your House, accessing device location based information.

Facebook API Integration:- Share Information With Social Networks

Local Database/ Filesystem :- Accessing the in-application SQLite database and Filesystem

Google Analytics:-

A free service provided by Google that gives a application owner all sorts of information and statistics about the incoming traffic and visitors.

Advantages:-

• See which section drive the most viewed • Which groups of visitors became customers• Viewing Visitors By Timeframe, Geography, And Source

Questions