Mobile Evolves The Housing Market

Mobile is evolving the housing market offering a faster consumer experience for home buyers. According to Properties Online, 90 percent of buyers search for homes online and 52 percent use the Internet as the first step in the purchasing process. Mobility solutions are changing the real estate landscape.

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The Android mobile experience impacts consumer decisions when purchasing a home. The use of tablets, smartphones and mobile applications make purchasing easier and more convenient for users. Using an Android mobile application also saves significant time.

Consumers are wiser with spending decisions as result of economic, downturn on where to live, what kind of car, what kind of “eco friendly” car, they begin to factor in more intelligently fuel costs, typical consumer spending behavior on goods and services as well as overall impact in every day cost expenses.

Mobile device security for consumers is also a key factor. The use of mobile apps benefits not only consumers but for real estate agents as well. 2014 is expected to take back technology to the IT departments. CIOs and IT are innovating through collaboration in IT using mobility. Security with these devices is also evolving.

There are numerous lessons that can be learned from economic downturns. Organizations should take note in understanding that managing a “successful” digital campaign has to be sustainable, fresh and able to provide long term value for the company. Going “long term” is crucial for success. Campaign objectives that survive for long-term and sustain momentum result in delivering proper competitive advantage.

Examining the downturn of the economy, the decline in the real estate market has also made significant impact on how we are living today. Real estate developers are building more walkable neighborhoods closer to public transportation and public shopping centers. It’s all about saving in the new economy. Rising gas costs, concerns of commuting, real estate market impacts and retail consumer behavior have certainly made its mark in today’s world.

Popular real estate mobile application for Android are available at Google Play for download. The apps are mostly compatible with smartphones and tablets. Mobile options and key features of today include GPS, social media, detailed searches, push notifications, CDN, video, local searches and more.