Realtor.com® launches an app within ChatGPT to bring its home-search capabilities into a popular AI platform, aiming to simplify the pre-search phase for buyers and renters.

The feature set includes a First-Time Buyer Focus with tailored prompts, an affordability calculator to set initial budgets conversationally, and a Neighborhood Exploration tool that compares commute times, amenities, and schools.

Preview images guide users to connect with local agents, schedule tours, and access advanced search tools, with full capabilities available directly on Realtor.com.

Executives including CEO Damian Eales and Chief Consumer & Marketing Officer Mickey Neuberger describe AI as a transformational opportunity and emphasize the value of direct MLS partnerships.

The integration preserves MLS data integrity and keeps agents and MLSs at the center of transactions, per a statement from Realtor.com Next.

Investors and traffic implications are noted, alongside ongoing capital decisions such as stock buybacks under a 2025 repurchase program.

Realtor.com stresses an MLS-centered, agent-led experience, not receiving listing data through IDX feeds, and instead guiding users to local experts on the platform.

The emphasis remains on accuracy and transparency by relying on direct MLS relationships to connect consumers with local professionals.

Executives highlight AI as a transformative tool to simplify the home journey while keeping real estate professionals central to the process.

Quoted leaders reiterate the central role of agents and MLSs, the commitment to accuracy and transparency, and the goal of connecting consumers to local experts, tours, and full search tools after initial AI-driven discovery.

The move is positioned as part of a broader AI strategy, involving partnerships with REA Group and News Corp and alignment with OpenAI, to meet buyers where they are while preserving professional guidance and listing connections.

Realtor.com® brings more than 25 years of online real estate experience and is presented as a trusted platform among real estate professionals.