newHome

Landing Page
Current Rental
House Details
Loan Details
Results Page

Inspiration

Shopping for a home is hard, especially in today's seller's market. Young homebuyers don't necessarily know where to start, and the jumbled, clunky finance websites full of jargon aren't helping. The main objective is to showcase the feasibility of a home purchase and encourage first time homebuyers to take the plunge.

What it does

newHome crunches the numbers so you don't have to. The app simply asks for some details and gives you real-time statistics on how much you can save over time by purchasing versus renting.

How we built it

Hosted on Google's firebase platform and built with React our website was lovingly made for first time homebuyers to enjoy the experience until the end.

Challenges we ran into

While hearts were set on creating the best end user experience, biting off more than we could chew proved to be a challenge when delivering our product. Additionally, the frameworks and APIs that are implemented in this project was a first for most team mates inevitably causing delays.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

With the use of the google maps API and the breadth of features offered by Firebase was have set the backbone for a stunning website. We have a clear target audience, a mission of financial empowerment for users and supportive team of developers ready to take on more challenges. Our proudest accomplishment by far has been the sense of community we have foster in the short time we have created the project.

What we learned

Since a lot of the frame works and APIs listed where new to majority of the team that has been our greatest technical lesson. As a team, learned how to leverage these frameworks to create a great experience for our customers and the semantics that is required to deliver on functionality. From a workflow perspective, we learned the value of planning and task management to make sure the project would be completed by the time allotted.

What's next for newHome

Our app shows great promise for market but to ensure its competitiveness increasing the functionality of the website will be pivotal to its growth. That means including a wider range of finance options on our app, displaying other metrics like projected appreciation value, a closing cost predictor based on different realtors that one can then message to begin their home search and and displaying other listing in one's area. There is also plenty of room to include mobile devices and implement Zillow's API to further strengthen our offerings.