Homefacts, a provider of neighborhood data and statistics and a wholly owned subsidiary of RealtyTrac, has announced the launch of a new mobile app for iPhone users. The new Homefacts app enables users to view detailed property and neighborhood information and statistics on more than 100 million homes in the United States.
Homefacts provides data on more than 30 key local and neighborhood dynamics for residential properties nationwide, including detailed local school information; location and details of environmental hazards such as underground storage tanks, spills, EPA polluters, brownfields, and superfunds; former drug labs; sex offenders; natural hazard risks; and building permit activity in a neighborhood.
The Homefacts app incorporates pertinent and detailed neighborhood and home information including:
- Property characteristics such as the number of beds, baths, etc.;
- Neighborhood demographics, including population, education level and median income;
- Neighborhood housing snapshots, including median property values and vacant housing units;
- In-depth school data detailing school locations, ratings, enrollment and phone numbers;
- Complete registered sex offender details including street address, distance from current location, physical characteristics and specific offense;
- Crime risk, current crime ratings and crime index by offense;
- Level of risk for earthquakes and tornadoes as well as historical documentation of earthquake and tornado incidents; and
- Former drug lab locations and seizure dates.
The new app makes it easy to navigate neighborhood data based on user location or to find information on any one of the millions of U.S. properties using the address, city and ZIP code search tool. The Homefacts’ map search tool allows users to view information by city or neighborhood.