HomeWhatNot Part 1: Trulia

My husband and I are in the middle of buying a home, moving, unpacking, and renovating, so I would like to share some of my wisdom and good finds from the Internet in a little home series called HomeWhatNot. 

I first found Trulia (a real estate search website and mobile app) through a coworker who was addicted. The app allows you find houses for sale and rent nearby based on conditions that you set (example: 3+ bedrooms, 2+ baths, $150-200k) using the GPS in your phone. You can also enter a different address and find houses in that area. The app pulls pictures from the real estate listing so that you can quickly see the inside of the house, selling price, recent price reductions, upcoming dates for open houses, all of the basic facts about the house that you would expect to see in a real estate listing.

Now that we have purchased our home, I use the Trulia app to look at homes in the area and in other parts of the country to get decorating ideas.

Trulia is available as a standard and mobile website and currently has an iPhone app. You can create an account with the website for more advanced features like saved searches and favorites, but an account is not necessary. I have found other websites with similar features, but as an iPhone app, I think Trulia stands above the rest.

Have fun home hunting or just looking!

http://www.trulia.com/