Houston Living is the new mobile app released through collaboration with the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) and the city of Houston. This unique and innovative tool has found a way to incorporate business with family, fun and city government.
The app will give users access to information about local government, events, real estate and more at the touch of a button. Linked with numerous of databases and using other apps such as Google Places and Zagat to enhance the experience for the user.
“The app is designed to engage homeowners and real estate consumers by connecting them to elected officials that serve their area the services provided by local government and the amenities in their neighborhood,” said Mayor Parker.
The app was specifically designed as aid for realtors to connect better with homebuyers.
“When people make housing choices they consider a number of factors and this (app) is designed to give those consumers more information and it was created by HAR,” said Parker.
The app is free and available in the iTunes store and android market. It provides GPS location based government information, nearby amenities such as restaurants, shopping, places of worship, public transportation items, parks and trails, public safety substations, libraries locations and hours, info about their elected officials, city news, headlines and events and nearby organizations associations and or civic clubs, nearby real estate in terms or what’s up for sale and market analysis of recent sales via a link to HAR.com, media communication from the city of Houston and HAR.
This smorgasbord of features makes this app so much more than a quick tool for real estate endeavors. Yet it is the brainchild of the Houston Association of Realtors.
“The real estate feature will allow you to pull up the ten highest rated places in that particular area being searched,” said Chaille Ralph, Chair Elect of HAR. “For more details it will take you to HAR website. If you click on the house it will give you all the details for the house.”
The city is glad to be a part of this new database. The mayor expressed that the city is always looking for more and more ways to use technology and to give citizens who want to develop apps as much access to the city as possible.
“From the government standpoint, anything we can do to connect more closely to our constituents is a great thing for us,” said Mayor Parker. ”This is a great example of a public private partnership. It involves them having access to a lot of demographic data and city recourses.”
The app is available now and demonstrations show it is easy to navigate. Houston Living is sure to be a treat and another great attraction for the city of Houston.