QV and CoreLogic have launched what claims to be New Zealand's first independent property smartphone app: QV homeguide.
The app is designed to help people find property information when they are out and about whether buying, selling or simply viewing a home.
Free to install, QV homeguide provides access to independent and authoritative information on any home in New Zealand on or off the market. The app lets people experience augmented reality; by pointing their phone at a house, key information about that home will pop up on their screen.
Using the latest CoreLogic data, QV homeguide is one of the few apps in the market that provides more robust certainty of a home's worth today and gives people key details to make informed property decisions, right at that moment. It provides free information on the home and the suburb including value, rating value, sales activity, suburb demographics, what's for sale and what's recently sold.
QV homeguide also includes in-app purchases for information such as land value, building age, floor area, natural hazards and title details. There is also free information on the demographics in every suburb, school zones and sales metrics for the area.
This is the first app release by QV and CoreLogic and it's expected new features and functionality will be added based on users' feedback.
Current users of the QV web-based service should note that the app is not currently connected to QV.co.nz, so purchases made through it will not be available on your QV.co.nz account and vice versa. App purchases are made via Google Play or an iTunes account and there is no login or registration required to use the app.