Forget Finding Your Soulmate, This App Lets You Find Your Dream Home

July 6, 2015 — If an app can let you find your soulmate, then why shouldn't it help you find your dream home? That's the question Staten Island Tech grad Michael Lisovestky, 22; Jason Marman, 18; and Dean Soukeras, 43 asked themselves when they came up with the idea for HomeSwipe. Like dating app Tinder, HomeSwipe lets users swipe left to skip a listing and swipe right to add to favorites. The trio discussed how the app works with DNAinfo late last week: "The homes are posted by city realtors. But developers use an algorithm and vet agents to cut down on bogus listings. Soukeras, a former broker, meets with agencies before allowing them to use the feature to find clients." Soukeras told DNAinfo that "about 50 brokerages and 400 agents use the app to show off their listings. They are highlighting about 20,000 listings." There are listings for every borough in the city, and recently expanded to Chicago. Not bad considering that last October they were just raising capital to get the project off the ground. "Since it launched, the app has gotten more than 62,000 total downloads," reports DNAinfo. But the trio are not done improving an already pretty ingenious tool. Right now, when you swipe right to favorite a listing, it's up to you to contact the realtor to view the apartment, "but the developers are working on a way to communicate directly inside the app. The developers are also working on a way for the app to learn user preferences based on the apartments you skip or favorite so that they can tailor listings better." Nice. HomeSwipe is available for iOS and Android.