Real Estate App Development for Brokers, Developers and Proptech Founders
Your own listings app with map search, saved searches, agent chat and full Arabic RTL. Fixed milestones, published pricing.
Bayut and Property Finder are excellent at what they do: they sell exposure to every agency in the market at once. That is also the problem. Your listings sit next to your competitors', the leads arrive through someone else's funnel, and the buyer relationship belongs to the portal. An own-brand property app changes that equation: your inventory, your agents, your lead data, your push notifications when a unit matching a saved search goes live. We have been building bilingual Arabic and English software from Cairo since 2014, and every project runs on written acceptance criteria and milestone payments tied to deliverables, so you know exactly what ships and when.
Map-First Search
Buyers browse by neighbourhood, draw a search area, filter by price and beds, and see results update on the map. We test this on real device GPS, not just the simulator.
Arabic and English, Done Properly
Bilingual is where we live. RTL layouts, Arabic property descriptions and mirrored map controls are designed in from the first sprint, not patched at the end.
Published, Fixed Pricing
A listings MVP starts at $3,000 paid milestone by milestone. For the same scope, Gulf agencies tend to quote 30-50% more.
You Own Everything
When the last invoice is paid, nothing stays with us: code, designs, both store accounts and the signing keys are contractually yours. An NDA is available before you share your inventory or plans.
What Goes Into a Property Listings App
Interactive Map Search
Cluster pins, draw-to-search, polygon areas for compounds and communities, and list-map toggle. We agree the map behaviour in writing before development starts.
Saved Searches and Instant Alerts
Buyers save a search (2-bed, Marina, under a set budget) and get a push notification the moment a matching unit is listed. This is the feature that brings users back weekly.
Agent Chat and Lead Capture
In-app chat or WhatsApp handoff routes every enquiry to the right agent, with the unit reference attached. Leads land in your dashboard, not a shared portal inbox.
Mortgage and Payment Calculators
Monthly payment estimates from price, down payment and tenure, plus developer payment-plan breakdowns for off-plan units. Buyers self-qualify before they ever call an agent.
Listing Management and Agent Dashboards
Agents add units with photos, floor plans and 360 tours from a web dashboard; managers control approval, featuring and expiry. Bulk import from your existing CRM or spreadsheets is scoped up front.
Off-Plan and Project Pages
For developers: project pages with unit availability, payment plans, construction updates and an expression-of-interest form that feeds your sales team directly.
Real Estate App Pricing (USD)
| Scope | Price range | Typical timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Listings MVP: map search, filters, unit pages, enquiry capture, AR/EN | $3,000 - 4,500 | typically 8-12 weeks |
| Broker portal: saved-search alerts, agent chat, agent dashboards, calculators | $4,500 - 8,000 | typically 12-16 weeks |
| Marketplace scale: multi-agency onboarding, real-time chat, featured listings, analytics | from $8,000 | 16+ weeks |
These ranges come from our published price list, not a sales call. You pay in stages, and each stage is a build you can open on your own phone, and nothing is due for a milestone you have not accepted in writing.
How We Build It
- Scope: we chart your inventory structure, agent workflow and lead routing into written acceptance criteria, with an NDA signed before you share anything sensitive.
- Design: you review clickable AR and EN screens of the search, map and unit pages, and we revise until you approve them in writing.
- Build: development runs in sprints with a staging link and weekly builds installed on your own phone via TestFlight and internal testing tracks.
- Data and launch: we import your listings, connect your CRM or lead sheet, and handle App Store and Play Store submission under accounts registered in your name.
- Handover: on full payment you receive the code, designs, store accounts and signing keys, plus a warranty window for fixes after go-live.
Frequently asked questions
Why build our own app when Bayut and Property Finder already exist?
The portals are a paid channel, and a good one; an own-brand app is an asset. Exclusive inventory, off-plan launches and repeat buyers do better inside your brand, where the lead data and the push channel belong to you. Most of our real estate clients run both in parallel.
Can the app pull our listings from our existing CRM or website?
In most projects, yes. We build an import or a live sync against your CRM, XML feed or database so agents do not enter units twice. We only connect systems you own or have written authorisation to access, and the integration is listed as its own milestone with its own acceptance test.
How much does a real estate app cost?
A listings MVP with map search, filters and enquiry capture runs $3,000-4,500 in typically 8-12 weeks. Saved-search alerts, agent chat and agent dashboards move you into the $4,500-8,000 range, and marketplace-scale platforms with multi-agency onboarding start from $8,000.
Do you handle Arabic properly, or is it a translated afterthought?
Arabic-first is where we started. RTL layouts, Arabic search, bilingual unit descriptions and mirrored navigation are part of the design milestone, and you review both language versions on staging before launch.
We are in Dubai and you are in Cairo. How does that work day to day?
Remotely, and it is routine for us: the Gulf is one hour ahead of Cairo, so calls happen on your working hours. The staging copy is always current, a new build lands on your phone every week, and milestone sign-offs are written, which is more visibility than most buyers get from an agency across town.
Put Your Inventory in Your Own App
Send us your listing count, target cities and must-have features, and within a couple of days a written scope, a milestone plan and a fixed quote come back to you. NDA first if you prefer.
