<!-- canonical: https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trulia -->
<!-- robots: noindex -->

# Multimedia House-Hunting Apps
The 'Trulia' App Lets Users Shop for Their New Home on an Apple TV

By Joey Haar | Published 2016-07-20 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trulia
References: [trulia](http://www.trulia.com/blog/tech/trulia-apple-tv-ios-apps/) & [itunes.apple](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-estate-by-trulia-homes/id1128542005?mt=8)

Though buying a home is a serious endeavor, one that should hardly be taken lightly, the Trulia app -- available on [Apple TV](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/apple-sports) -- makes [shopping for homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-offer-haus) significantly easier. Rather than having to call up a real estate agent to speak with them or use the clunky interfaces on most real estate agents' websites, Trulia elegantly aggregates listings in a user's areas of interest, allowing them to home hunt without leaving the comfort of their (current) living rooms.

Trulia doesn't let prospective buyers purchase a house, nor even contact the property's real estate agent directly within the app, however it provides a slew of convenient services. Beyond simply seeing availabilities, users can look through images and even take a video walkthrough if the realtor for that unit has made one.

Today's "there's an app for that" ethos extends even to the very serious, financially imperative world of home buying.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 2.2/10
- Popularity: 23% | Activity: 34% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Gen X
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile)

## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Multimedia House-hunting:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a virtual reality house-hunting app that allows users to explore properties in immersive 3D environments.
- **App-based Real Estate Shopping:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create an app that combines home shopping with augmented reality technology, allowing users to visualize how furniture and decor would fit in a potential new home.
- **Convenient Home Listing Aggregation:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build an AI-powered app that uses natural language processing to automatically curate and recommend personalized home listings based on user preferences and requirements.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Real Estate:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate blockchain technology into the real estate industry to streamline property transactions and improve transparency and security.
- **Tech and App Development:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a platform that enables real estate agents and developers to easily build their own customized house-hunting apps with multi-media features.
- **Virtual Reality:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop virtual reality technology specifically tailored for real estate professionals, allowing them to showcase properties to clients remotely in an immersive and interactive way.

## Related on Trend Hunter

- [Ai-Supported Home Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zillow-2.md)
- [Informational Real Estate Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-oyssey-app.md)
- [Chat-Enabled Home Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zillow-3.md)
- [AI-Enhanced Real Estate Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/real-estate-app1.md)
- [Drone Home Touring Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zillow-1.md)
- [AR Apartment Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/3d-apartment.md)
- [Efficient Property Management Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/property-management.md)
- [Interactive 3D Mapping Features](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/interactive-mapping-feature.md)
- [Supportive Property Purchase Applications](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/property-purchase.md)