AppX developed a complete real estate platform for Listoo, a company aiming to change the way we buy and sell houses with an innovative digital platform. With their approach, the entire transaction process of a home is fully digitalized.
Listoo is a PropTech company focused on leveraging technology to simplify the bureaucracy and automate property transactions in the real estate sector. Unlike traditional real estate agencies, Listoo does not charge commissions, employ traditionally dressed consultants, or operate physical stores. Instead, they offer a fixed-price service, powered by a digital platform.
Listoo selected AppX to bring their vision to life by developing a cutting-edge digital platform designed to enable their transformative approach. This partnership underscores Listoo’s commitment to innovation, entrusting AppX with the task of creating a seamless, fully digitalized system that simplifies how properties are bought and sold, making real estate dealings more accessible and efficient.
The major challenge for the AppX team when developing this platform was managing the scale of the application. Listoo’s ambitions were big. They were not just creating a small product but a large-scale real estate platform with comprehensive features. Beyond the standard, these include detailed property listings, subscription plans, digital contracts, interactive tools for managing offers, communications, and scheduling visits. Integrating all these elements required a robust technological framework to ensure seamless functionality and user experience.
To address the complexity of their large-scale real estate ambitions, AppX developed a web application designed to fully digitalize the real estate transaction process. It allows users to create and manage detailed property listings with photos, videos, and documents, while also providing sophisticated tools for handling offers and counteroffers entirely online. The integration of AI assists in generating optimized property descriptions, enhancing listing accuracy and appeal. Digital contracts are also facilitated through the platform. This web app, with its external integrations, runs on a highly scalable cloud platform, combining efficiency with robust functionality.
The platform enables users to create detailed property listings that include room and house details, photos, videos, and documents. Owners can manage these listings, manage subscription plans, and track various statistics related to the property’s visibility and interaction.
The purchasing and selling process is fully digitalized, incorporating a sophisticated offers workflow that allows users to receive bids, issue counteroffers, and decide on acceptance or rejection seamlessly. Furthermore, the contract signing process is entirely digital, with certified electronic document signing, enhancing efficiency and security for all transactions.
The platform leverages AI technology to assist sellers in crafting precise and optimized listing descriptions tailored to the specific requirements of their properties. This intelligent assistance ensures accuracy and enhances the appeal of listings to potential buyers.
The platform integrates with digital contract signing platforms to allow users to sign contracts digitally, ensuring secure and legally compliant transactions without the need for physical paperwork.
The platform is built on a robust tech stack that ensures scalability and performance. It utilizes Next.js for the frontend, providing a seamless and efficient user experience with server-side rendering for improved SEO. The backend is powered by Node.js, known for its non-blocking, event-driven architecture, making it suitable for real-time, data-intensive applications. For data management, Amazon RDS is used as the database solution, chosen for its cloud-based capabilities and relational features. This allows for efficient handling of complex queries and relationships essential for the platform’s extensive data needs.
For hosting and infrastructure management, the platform employs AWS and Heroku to ensure robust performance and reliability. AWS provides a secure, scalable cloud environment to handle the storage of all images and videos using the S3 service. Heroku supports the processing needs of the platform with scalable processing nodes and a streamlined CI/CD pipeline.
The impact of this real estate platform in Portugal has been transformative, making property transactions smoother and more accessible for the average user. With hundreds of house listings only one year after the go-live, Listoo offers users a streamlined, transparent path to managing real estate. This includes the ease of creating listings, engaging in negotiations, and securely signing contracts — all online. As a result, it significantly reduces the bureaucracy and time traditionally involved in real estate deals.
This modern approach empowers users by placing more control and information directly in their hands, fostering the growth of a more efficient and fair real estate market in Portugal.
Appx played a very important role in the development of the first version of our platform. They have always been professional and excellent consultants
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