Expands to Philadelphia
WASHINGTON/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Online real estate broker Sawbuck Realty (www.sawbuck.com)
today announced the availability of the Sawbuck Real Estate app for the
iPhone and iPod touch. The Sawbuck app lets users search the Multiple
Listing Service for homes for sale, open houses and recent sales. The
Sawbuck app leverages the iPhone's social media, GPS and data collection
capabilities to allow users to find, tour and evaluate the homes they
like best.
Also today, Sawbuck launched service in the Philadelphia area allowing homebuyers to use Sawbuck.com and the new Sawbuck app to search for homes for sale and research recent sales.
The Social App for Real Estate
Whether searching for a home from the couch or car, the Sawbuck app
allows users to take full advantage of their device's GPS and social
media capabilities. During a home search, users can set up self-guided
tours with turn-by-turn driving directions, or arrange for agent-guided
tours with top-rated local real estate agents. While touring homes,
users can keep their friends and family in the loop by checking in via
Twitter or Facebook, complete checklists to help remember details, and
add private photos, videos, notes and ratings. The Sawbuck app
immediately synchronizes with users' Sawbuck.com accounts so they can
also access check-ins, checklists, photos, notes and ratings from a
computer.
The Ultimate Field Tool for Serious Homebuyers
Using GPS-technology, the Sawbuck app locates users on a dynamic map
and identifies nearby homes for sale, open houses and recently sold
comparables. Users can search by moving the map, using sortable lists or
browsing photos; and filter by price, number of bedrooms or home type.
Each for-sale listing includes all available photos, price history,
property details, similar listings and open house information. In
addition to real-time, detailed information and photos, users can view
contract and sale prices for comparable homes. Out-of-area users also
can use the Sawbuck app by selecting one of Sawbuck's 13 markets.
"We've been hard at work on the app since last Summer," said Guy Wolcott,
Sawbuck's co-founder and CEO. "Our goal was to do more than shrink our
home search site and put it on your phone. We wanted to create the best
possible mobile tool for homebuyers?to really take advantage of the
iPhone's capabilities. I think we've done just that, and we're really
excited to get it in people's hands."
Currently, the Sawbuck app includes listings in markets served by Sawbuck:
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Baltimore
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Boston
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Chicago
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Dallas/Fort Worth
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Houston
- Inland Empire
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Los Angeles
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Phoenix
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Philadelphia
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Providence
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San Diego
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Washington, D.C. metro area
The Sawbuck app is free to download in Apple's App Store
for the iPhone and iPod touch at itunes.com/apps/sawbuckrealestate.
For a video demonstrating key features of the Sawbuck app and for
screenshots, visit www.sawbuck.com/iphone.
About Sawbuck
Sawbuck Realty (www.sawbuck.com)
is an online real estate broker that combines an industry-leading
website with an award-winning, consumer-friendly business model. The
company connects buyers and sellers with top local real estate agents,
and streamlines their transactions. Sawbuck rewards every homebuyer with
a Visa Gift Card worth up to one percent of the purchase price. The
website, service and model provide radical transparency and consumer
value that is unique in the world of real estate. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Sawbuck currently serves the Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Providence, R.I., San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California and Washington, D.C. areas. To stay up to date on Sawbuck, visit our blog, http://www.sawbuck.com/blog, or follow us on Twitter, @sawbuck.
SOURCE Sawbuck Realty
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