Property Marketplace

Making the entire property journey happen in one place

The real estate market has always been fragmented. Buyers and renters spend hours across multiple platforms trying to find the right property, schedule viewings, negotiate terms, and then deal with mountains of paperwork before they can sign anything. The client wanted to fix all of that with a single app where someone could search for a property, take a virtual tour, chat with the landlord, sign the lease, and pay the deposit without ever leaving the screen.

The search experience was the core challenge. Property searches are naturally conversational. People think in terms like "two bedroom flat near a good school under 30,000 a month" rather than selecting filters one by one. Building an AI powered search layer that understood this kind of natural language query and returned ranked, relevant results instantly was the most technically demanding part of the project.

Getting landlords and tenants onto the same platform simultaneously was also a real product challenge. Neither side is useful without the other, and the onboarding experience for each had to feel purpose-built for their specific needs rather than like a compromise.

A complete property marketplace for both sides of the transaction

We built the full platform for iOS and Android using React Native, with AI sitting right at the heart of the search experience. Users can type naturally and the Elasticsearch powered search engine understands the intent behind the query, returning ranked and relevant results instantly. Each listing supports immersive 360 degree virtual tours so renters can walk through a property without physically visiting.

When a user is ready to move forward, the entire lease journey happens in app. Digital agreement generation, e-signature, and secure document storage are all handled natively without sending users to any external service. Payments, deposits, and refunds are processed through Stripe with a full transaction history available to both landlords and tenants.

The landlord side of the platform was built with the same level of care as the tenant experience. A clean analytics dashboard shows gross volume, net volume, payment counts, and weekly comparison charts so landlords can manage their portfolio clearly without needing a separate tool.

Built for search precision, real-time communication, and secure payments

React Native handled the cross-platform iOS and Android frontend from a single codebase. Django and Python powered the backend API. Elasticsearch provided the AI-powered property search and ranking layer. Stripe handled all payments, deposits, and refund flows. Firebase powered real-time messaging between landlords and tenants and managed push notifications. PostgreSQL stored all structured property, user, and transaction data. AWS S3 handled media storage for property images, virtual tour assets, and signed lease documents.

Five thousand listings in month one and strong retention from both sides

Over 5,000 property listings were onboarded within the first month of going live. Landlords found the listing process straightforward and tenants responded extremely well to the virtual tour and in-app signing features. The platform reduced the time from property search to signed lease significantly compared to what users had experienced through traditional channels.

Early retention metrics showed strong weekly active usage from both landlords and tenants, which is the hardest outcome to achieve in a two-sided marketplace. When both sides keep coming back independently, the platform has genuinely solved the problem it set out to fix.