Top Apps Every Broker Must Have

Take advantage of smart tech tools and excel in your selling craft :)

FROM: REBAP MAKATI

Lamudi Philippines compiles the best tools to arm brokers and sales agents in the digital age of property selling

Technology is the new usual. To cope in the ever-changing trends of the information era, here are some important and useful apps, compiled by Lamudi Philippines, that will help every licensed real estate broker secure a sale.

Google Maps

Location description, area coordinates, road landmarks, and nearby establishments can now be accurately described and shown to your clients. Thanks to the mapping system of Google, locating your target destination is just a click away.

Online Storage

Keep all documents, photos, online brochures, and all other selling parapernalias in a mobile storage that you can access anytime and anywhere. Even sharing of big files is made easy by these applications. You can choose among Dropbox, Google Drive and a myriad other cloud storage apps.

Address Book Apps

Organize your leads and effectively manage your contacts through a smart, all-around app like Contacts+. It can automatically pull contact details from your social media accounts, synchronize your contacts across different platforms such as email, cloud, or Outlook, rank the contact’s importance and reminds you of notifications for specific clients.

Conversion Tools

Some of the popular conversion apps are Vert and ConvertPad. This is important for the real estate selling profession as the job entails a lot of numbers and calculations. It is high time to make sure that the size and area conversion or even currency computation is as easy as 1-2-3.

Mobile Scanners

Who needs to run and look for copying machines if you can scan and store documents and identification cards in your smartphones. With apps like Camscanner, you can copy and store important documents real time. Fast and efficient especially for on-the-go clients.

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Sitegeist

Impress your clients even more through exciting data about their future neighborhood. This app can show you the best leisure hotspots, site features, or even the demographics of the community that you are promoting to your prospects. Hours or days of research to prepare your selling spiel can be done in just a snap.

Waze

Very useful especially in Metro Manila, this community-based traffic and navigation app allows the user to negotiate the Philippine capital’s horrendous traffic. Brokers need not worry getting lost finding a secluded property in Quezon City or being late for a closing appointment with an important client.

ABOUT LAMUDI

Launched in 2013, Lamudi is a global property portal focusing exclusively on emerging markets. The fast-growing platform is currently available in 32 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, with more than 900,000 real estate listings across its global network. The leading real estate marketplace offers sellers, buyers, landlords and renters a secure and easy-to-use platform to find or list properties online. For more information, please visit http://www.lamudi.com.ph

Where Can you reside if you have 5 Million Pesos!

You can see the worth of your 5 million depending upon your preferred location. From condos in Central Business Districts to townhouses and house and lot in residential areas, each comes with exciting amenities, leisure areas or distinct neighborhood. Take your pick!

From: Wazzuppilipinas.com

Value for money, strategic location, and distinct amenities – these are the top qualities that house hunters look for in their investment search. With this in mind, Lamudi Philippines outlines five properties in Metro Manila that fits the Php5 million financial plan of homebuyers.

Pacific Place Ortigas Condominium – Pasig

A walkable district with work, leisure, and learning options for you and your family offers a 100-sqm three-bedroom condominium unit. Ortigas, one of the busiest business districts in Metro Manila, highlights a complete urban lifestyle for on-the-go professionals. Live near one of the biggest malls in Asia and be surrounded by a healthy wave of delicious eats and nightlife to boot.

Ponteverde, BF Resort Las Piñas

Live the southern vibe for Php5 million in a fully fenced house and lot in BF Resort. This property has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a maid’s room, an auxiliary kitchen, utility area, lanai garden, and a garage for one car. More than its amenities and features, you also bargained for a community-oriented, city lifestyle.

Three-bedroom Townhouse, San Juan

A classy townhouse at the heart of shopping mecca that is San Juan City is a three-bedroom townhouse. Sitting on a lot measuring 42 sqm but boasting a floor area of 116 sqm, you have ample living spaces perfect for growing families. San Juan is not only known for its shopping district but also for its rich history and delightful gourmet finds.

Uptown Bonifacio, Taguig

Bonifacio Global City (BGC) is one of the most sought-after locations both for residential and corporate needs of investors. A 33-sqm one-bedroom unit in Uptown Parksuites starts at Php 5 million and comes with a sleeping den, combined living and dining area and dreamy amenities. Bask in the luxurious setting of BGC and live steps away from exciting leisure centers.

One-Bedroom Condo, Salcedo Village, Makati

Live at the heart of the busiest business district in Metro Manila while staying within your Php5 million target. Pretty much everything you need and more is in Makati. Truly a comfortable lifestyle in a vibrant cosmopolitan setting.

New wave cities gaining attention in the online real estate landscape

Other cities equally captivating is gradually gaining attention from property investors in the internet. Know more in the Philippine Star release.

Bacolod tops Phl cities in search traffic for properties

By Richmond S. Mercurio (The Philippine Star) | Updated June 5, 2015 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Recent investments made by the country’s top real estate players have spurred the interest of many to look for homes in Bacolod, according to global online property portal Lamudi.

In its recent report, Lamudi said the city of Bacolod in Negros Occidental topped the list of Philippine cities that experienced a spike in search traffic in the first quarter of 2015.

Lamudi said search traffic for Bacolod increased by 279 percent from the fourth quarter of 2014 to the first quarter of 2015 due mainly to new projects launched by big developers in the city.

“Bacolod is one of the Visayas region’s most buoyant property markets. Recognized as one of the top 100 outsourcing destinations worldwide, the city has also proven itself as a leading business hub,” it said.

Lamudi said Bacolod City is currently experiencing its best real estate market condition in 20 years.

Based on its research, Lamudi said the number of property listings in Bacolod as of end of May stood at 1,674 while average house prices are at P7.1 million.

Construction is flourishing and property prices have gone up by as much as nearly 50 percent, particularly in the downtown areas. A bidding war between property giants Ayala Land and SM Prime Holdings is believed to have pushed prices up further,” Lamudi said.

Aside from Bacolod, Antipolo also remains a popular city outside Metro Manila among online house-hunters.

“Antipolo has long been a preferred residential area of people working in Metro Manila. The city has approximately 870 properties listed, while the average price of a home here stands at P3.93 million,” Lamudi said.

On a global scale, meanwhile, Lamudi said the Philippines remains a top investment residential choice among foreigners.