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Realtors handed mobile apps

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has rolled out a new mobile app for realtors to track MLS sales and listings and other information, but a new product from Landcor Data in New Westminster may put more hard real estate information into the
Western Investor Staff
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has rolled out a new mobile app for realtors to track MLS sales and listings and other information, but a new product from Landcor Data in New Westminster may put more hard real estate information into the hands of realtors.

CREA's released the new mobile application for Realtor.ca (the large MLS data system) for Windows Phone 7 and says it will make the app available for Blackberrys and iPhones early this year.

The app works with GPS to let realtors track information on any property simply by stopping in front of it or going online.

Meanwhile, Landcor has launched a new realtor mobile app called Landcor Professional. Unlike CREA's app it does not track listings, but provides detailed information on all 1,191,000 properties in B.C.

The Landcor Professional, expected to cost from $22 to $25 per month for unlimited use, is restricted to licensed realtors.

A realtor can punch in any B.C. address and the software will give the last 10 comparable sales, assessed value, whether it is a rental and show a "market shift" of how assessments on the property have changed over the past 18 months. Sales information is refreshed each week. The program also links with Google maps to show locations and street views of any property, according to Landcor president Rudy Nielsen.

from Western Investor, January 2011