uesday RealEstate.com launched a twitter bot @ Housewatch which instantly delivers statistics and information to homebuyers, sellers and agents who are using the newtwork.
RealEstate.com’s Housewatch is able to respond to commands to deliver information regardnig a Real Estate purchase, Real Estate Sale and also to Real Estate Agents.
Some of the information it can instantly deliver is a home median value for a specific area, crime statistics for the neighborhood you are looking to purchase a home in and can also deliver monthly mortgage payment calculations.
To use RealEstate.com’s Housewatch click here
The full list of supported commands for RealEstate.com’s Housewatch are listed below:
Stats - median home price (by city)
Value - home value (by address)
Income - median, per capita and median disposable income (by city)
Weather - monthly high and low temperatures (by city)
Demographics - population count and density (by city)
Cost - cost of living including local sales tax and a ranking of household expenses based on an average of 100 (by city)
Transportation - median travel time to work in minutes, and average use of public transportation (by city)
Environmental - air pollution and ozone indices based on an average of 100 (by city)
Crime - total, personal and property crime rankings, based on an average of 100 (by city)
Fixed - monthly loan payments including insurance and taxes
Equity - amount of home equity using current value minus outstanding mortgage balances
Amort - full amortization schedule including monthly payment, total interest paid and total amount paid over the lifetime of the loan