Need Home Values…Pick Up Your Cell
In April 2007, the website Housefront.com launched. So what, you say…what’s the big deal? Well, if you’re big on gathering information on the fly, you may think it is. With Housefront.com, you can access home-value, property and sales-history information online or via cellphone through text messaging.
Let’s say, you are housing hunting and drive past a home for sale that really interests you and you want more information. Just pick up your cell phone text the home’s address to 46873 (”HOUSE”) and you’ll receive information on the property’s potential sales price, size and number of bedrooms and bathrooms, etc. Housefront.com also shows sale date(s) and price(s) paid.
The best part is its free. The site doesn’t charge fees for its text-message service; your mobile-phone carrier’s normal rates apply. If you sign up for a free account with the Web site and give a cellphone number, any Housefront.com report received via text message will be saved to your online account — along with your previous queries — so they can be viewed later on a computer.
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