Search Engine for Real Estate Awarded U.S. Patent

NeighborhoodScout, the search engine for homebuyers and movers has been issued a United States Patent.

Consumers may use NeighborhoodScout.com to search for homes to buy, by typing in specific neighborhood information to focus their house hunt on the neighborhoods that best match their criteria, whether they are moving across town or across the country.

According to the company, NeighborhoodScout saves homebuyers significant money, time, and stress, by providing instant insights to guide them in choosing the neighborhoods that best meet their personal needs, before sorting through listings in different towns, driving around with an agent, or buying a house in a location that they later realize doesn't fit their needs.

For example, if looking for good schools combined with reasonable home prices within 20 miles of New York City, NeighborhoodScout will uncover the best matching neighborhoods in your price range in less than five seconds using its patented search technology that reveals results to the sub-zip code level, so the best options are never missed. NeighborhoodScout also maps results to show exactly where to buy from among the many hundreds of neighborhoods in a given area.

Ron Roel, Real Estate Editor for New York Newsday commented, ''What intrigued me was how precise and comprehensive the site's search engines are in helping consumers find neighborhoods to match their criteria and needs.''

Eric Tyson, Co-Author of Home Buying for Dummies and Investing for Dummies added, ''NeighborhoodScout is a terrific site that allows you to select customized search criteria to find the best places that meet your needs.''

In addition, NeighborhoodScout is a licensed real estate brokerage for the purposes of referring homebuyers and sellers to local real estate agents nationwide.

Andrew Schiller, a Ph.D. Geographer and Founder of NeighborhoodScout.com explained, ''Despite the explosion of real estate-related websites, one of the first questions most homebuyers have - where to focus their house hunt - is still primarily provided through word-of-mouth.''

Mr. Schiller continued, ''NeighborhoodScout fills this need with a unique and patented solution that optimizes search results to the personal criteria of each user, seamlessly integrates this service with opportunities for the homebuyer to be connected with a real estate agent and mortgage provider to buy or sell a home and finance their purchase, and delivers it online where many Americans are now turning in large numbers to shop for real estate.''

Mr. Schiller concluded, ''We are very pleased that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded this patent on the algorithms that make NeighborhoodScout matches highly accurate reflections of user-selected criteria, as well as the unique and easy ways that users can conduct searches.''

To learn more, please visit: www.neighborhoodscout.com.