Property Listing Platform
Real Estate Platform
A property marketplace with map-based search, saved listings and an agent dashboard for lead management.
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Project type
- Two-sided marketplace platform
- Year
- 2023
- Services
- Web Development, UI/UX Design, Platform Engineering
- Technology
- ReactTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLMapping APIs
Overview
Project Overview
A two-sided property marketplace. Buyers search listings on a map, filter by what actually matters to them and save what they like. Agents get a dashboard where every enquiry lands as a trackable lead, tied to the listing that produced it. We handled product design, the front end, the API and the data model behind both sides.
- Built for
- Real Estate
- Type
- Two-sided marketplace platform
- Delivered
- 2023
Challenge
The problem worth solving.
Before the build, Real Estate Platform had to answer a set of hard questions about real estate. These are the constraints that shaped every decision that followed.
- 01User problem
Search that matches how people look
Buyers think in areas and commutes, not database fields. Text filters alone were never going to be the primary way in.
Affects — Web Development
- 02Business problem
Map performance
Rendering large listing sets on a map while keeping pan and zoom responsive is a real engineering constraint, not a styling one.
Affects — UI/UX Design
- 03Technical constraint
Leads getting lost
Enquiries arriving as loose emails meant agents had no reliable view of what was still open.
Affects — Platform Engineering
- 04Product constraint
Two very different interfaces
The buyer experience and the agent workspace share data but almost nothing else in terms of design needs.
Affects — Web Development
The solution
From problem to product.
We approached Real Estate Platform as a two-sided marketplace platform — deciding the structure, the interface system and the technical foundation in that order, then building them together.
- 01Product direction
Map-first search
Search results and the map stay in sync — moving the map refines the list, and filters apply to both. Listing cards are readable at a glance.
- 02UX system
Indexed geo queries
PostgreSQL with spatial indexing and clustered markers keeps result sets fast as inventory grows.
- 03Technical foundation
Lead pipeline for agents
Every enquiry becomes a tracked record with source listing, status and history, so nothing sits unanswered.
- 04Delivery
Saved searches and shortlists
Buyers can save listings and return to them, which also gives agents a signal about genuine interest.
01 — Map-first search
Features
Built around the work that matters.
The feature set is deliberately narrow: the work real estate teams do every day, done properly.
Stack
Technology used.
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Mapping APIs
Process
How the project came together.
Six phases, from first conversation to launch. Each one produced something the Real Estate Platform team could review, not just a status update.
- 01 — Phase
Discovery
Interviewed both sides of the marketplace to separate what buyers need from what agents need.
Deliverables
- Stakeholder interviews
- Scope definition
- Success criteria
Key decision — What has to be true for this product to work.
- 02 — Phase
Planning
Modelled the listing and lead schema up front, including the geo queries search depends on.
Deliverables
- Data model
- Architecture outline
- Delivery roadmap
Key decision — The shape of the system before any screen is drawn.
- 03 — Phase
UX / UI
Designed the map-and-list search experience first, then the agent workspace around the lead object.
Deliverables
- Core flows
- Interface design
- Design system tokens
Key decision — Which screen carries the product and gets designed first.
- 04 — Phase
Development
Built the React front end against a Node API, with the map layer isolated for performance work.
Deliverables
- Front end build
- API and services
- Integrations
Key decision — What ships in the first release and what waits.
- 05 — Phase
Testing
Tested search under realistic inventory volumes and validated the enquiry-to-lead flow end to end.
Deliverables
- Functional QA
- Performance checks
- Accessibility pass
Key decision — The quality bar the release has to clear.
- 06 — Phase
Launch
Launched with agent onboarding and listing import.
Deliverables
- Deployment
- Monitoring
- Handover and training
Key decision — How the product is supported after go-live.
Gallery
Inside the product.
Outcome
What changed after the build.
Real Estate Platform shipped as a two-sided marketplace platform for Real Estate. Here is what changed for the people using it and for the business behind it.
- Delivered
- 2023
- Scope
- Web Development, UI/UX Design, Platform Engineering
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