Roundup: Here Come the iPad Real Estate Apps

• April 8th 2010

by Will Smith

Here are some stories we came across this week that we think will be of interest:

• Zillow and ZipRealty were the first two big real estate websites to release an iPad application, though competitive apps from Redfin, Trulia, and others are sure to follow. Both the Zillow and ZipRealty offerings appear to simply be their iPhone apps with some optimizations to take advantage of the iPad’s increased real estate. While both are free, user reviews are only so-so: Zillow’s app currently has 3 out of 5 stars on Apple’s app store, while ZipRealty’s has only 2.5.

• Housing Complex (welcome back!) is reporting via Blockshopper that “super-lobbyist” couple Anthony and Heather Podesta have sold their home on Woodley Park Road for $1.828 million, just $700,000 shy of the original asking price. If you’d like a look inside the home, we featured it back in October.

• In the first full week since the federal government ceased its mortgage-backed security acquisition program, mortgage rates jumped, as everyone expected they would. But the jump was considerable: “The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 5.31 percent from 5.04 percent” the week prior, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. That’s the highest rates have been since the first week of August 2009.

Finally, here are UrbanTurf’s three most popular posts of the last week in case you missed them:

1. Bloomingdale: Quietly Making a Name for Itself
2. Put the Money in the Suitcase: The Strangest Real Estate Transaction Ever
3. Under Contract: Four-Bedroom Steal in Takoma; Architect’s H Street 3-Bedroom Sells

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/roundup_here_come_the_ipad_real_estate_apps/1955.