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REAL ESTATE & PROPTECH · PRODUCTION SOFTWARE SINCE 2010

Real estate software, built by the team behind msg-homes.com.

Six property types — houses, condos, townhouses, commercial, lots, agricultural land. Multi-region listing engines. Region-first search ranking. Integrations with the banks that finance the deals. We’ve been engineering real estate platforms for 15 years — including My Saving Grace Realty & Development Corporation, live across the Philippines today. Read the MSG Homes case study →

  • 6 Property types live on MSG Homes today
  • 6 Major Philippine bank partners integrated
  • 15+ yrs Shipping real-estate & marketplace platforms
  • 4.8★ Capterra · 25 verified client reviews

THE PROBLEM

Most real-estate platforms flatten everything into a single “property” record.

A condo is not a house. A house is not an agricultural lot. A commercial property has a completely different attribute schema than a residential rental. Yet most real-estate platforms try to fit all of them into the same generic record — and the buyer experience pays for it. Filter sets show fields that don’t apply. Pricing shows the wrong context. Search ranks by recency when it should rank by region.

Then there’s the buy / sell / rent problem. The same listing can be available in multiple modes — or in just one — and the pricing context, inquiry form, and CTA copy all need to change accordingly. Most platforms hardcode one mode and bolt the others on awkwardly.

And then there’s the financing layer. Real estate buyers don’t just want to see the price — they want to know if a major bank will finance it. Most platforms bury bank partnerships in a footer if they show them at all.

We architect around all three of those traps from day one. That’s what got MSG Homes live across Cavite and Palawan with six property types and six bank partners on day one.

OUR APPROACH

Schema-per-property-type, region-first search, financing as a first-class signal.

  1. 01

    Property-class & market discovery 1–2 weeks

    We map which property classes you actually transact (residential, commercial, agricultural, rental, fractional?), which regions you operate in, which transaction modes (buy, sell, rent, lease-to-own), and which finance partners matter. Every architectural decision downstream answers to that map.

  2. 02

    Schema-per-class data model 1–2 weeks

    Each property class gets its own attribute schema, its own validation, and its own filter set. Single shared backend, six (or however many you need) distinct front-end search experiences. The buyer never sees a filter that doesn’t apply.

  3. 03

    Build the marketplace 10–20 weeks for MVP

    Listing engine with region-first search. Buy/sell/rent tri-modal flows with mode-aware pricing. Property codes for quotable broker handoffs. OAuth-first account flow. Bank-partner display system. Admin tooling for seconds-per-update listing freshness.

  4. 04

    Scale & extend ongoing

    New municipalities, new property classes, new bank partners, new transaction modes. The taxonomy and partner-display systems are built to extend without a code release — so growth doesn’t require a rebuild.

CAPABILITIES WE SHIP

The six systems every real-estate marketplace needs.

Multi-Class Listing Engine

Schema-per-class data model. Houses, condos, townhouses, commercial, lots, agricultural land — each with the right attributes and filter set.

  • Unified backend, six (or more) front-end experiences
  • Class-specific validation rules
  • Filter sets that match the property

Region-First Search

Geographic proximity is the first ranking signal, not the last. Indexed by city / municipality / barangay so search feels local even at national scale.

  • Multi-level region taxonomy
  • Proximity-weighted ranking
  • Map-based + list-based result views

Buy / Sell / Rent Tri-Modal Flows

The same listing can be in any combination of buy, sell, or rent. Pricing, inquiry, and CTA copy switch automatically based on the listing’s active mode.

  • Mode-aware pricing display
  • Inquiry form variants per mode
  • CTA copy that means the right thing

Bank-Partner Display System

Financing-readiness signal shown on the marketplace itself, not buried. Configurable bank-partner display, re-rankable without a code release.

  • Logo + name + financing-program display
  • Admin-controlled partner ranking
  • Per-listing financing eligibility flagging

Agent CRM & Lead Routing

Inquiry capture per listing, routing to the right agent or broker, follow-up tracking, and the dashboard tooling agents actually use day-to-day.

  • Listing-to-agent routing rules
  • Inquiry lifecycle tracking
  • Daily-use agent dashboard

Listing Freshness Architecture

“Constant updates” is a brand promise, not just marketing. Admin tooling for seconds-per-update workflows + stale-listing alerts surfaced to operators before buyers see them.

  • Bulk listing import & edit tooling
  • Stale-listing alerts to operators
  • Audit trail on every listing change

CASE STUDY DEEP-DIVE

MSG Homes — Multi-Region Real Estate Marketplace

We built msg-homes.com for My Saving Grace Realty & Development Corporation, live across the Philippines today. The platform handles all six core property classes — houses, condominiums, townhouses, commercial, lots, agricultural land — in buy, sell, and rent modes. It indexes listings across Cavite (Dasmariñas, General Trias, Silang) and Palawan (Puerto Princesa, Bataraza) with a region-first search ranking. And it shows financing-readiness signals from six major Philippine banks (BDO, UnionBank, RCBC, PSBank, Security Bank, ChinaBank) on the marketplace itself.

Their tagline says it plainly: “Let us guide your home.” The architecture choices above are what make that promise operationally true.

Read the full MSG Homes case study →

TECH STACK

The stack we choose for real-estate marketplaces.

  • Node.js + TypeScript + React

    Our default for new builds. Single language across server + client, mature type system, well-trodden patterns for listing-search APIs and admin tooling.

  • PostgreSQL with schema-per-class

    Each property class can have its own table or its own schema within a unified DB. Search indexes can be tuned per class. Adding a new class doesn’t require migrating the others.

  • Search-indexed listing engine

    Listings indexed for sub-second search across attributes + region + price + recency. Query caching for hot result sets. Geo-bucketed ranking.

  • OAuth-first account flow

    Google OAuth as the default sign-in path, email/password as fallback. Buyers go from “saw the listing” to “saved + subscribed” in two taps.

  • Image pipeline + lazy loading

    Listing imagery is the heart of the buyer experience. We use sharp / WebP / responsive picture tags + LCP-optimised hero loading so first paint is fast even on a slow mobile connection.

  • Mobile-responsive across all classes

    Filipino property buyers research overwhelmingly on mobile. Every listing template, search filter, and inquiry flow works on the small screen first.

HOW WE ENGAGE

Three engagement modes for real-estate platform builds.

Architecture audit

2 weeks · fixed fee

You have a real-estate platform that’s working but feels like it’s about to crack — slow search, awkward multi-class handling, broken buy/rent disambiguation. We audit the data model, search infrastructure, and admin tooling and deliver a written report with concrete remediation priorities.

Marketplace MVP

10–20 weeks · phased delivery

You need a real-estate marketplace from scratch. We deliver the six core systems above plus your specific property classes, regions, and bank-partner integrations — production-deployable, mobile-first, and admin-ready.

Scale & extend

ongoing

You’re live in your first region and ready to extend. New municipalities, new property classes, new transaction modes, new bank partners. We stay engaged on a retainer model so growth is fast and the architecture stays clean.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Real-estate platform questions we get every week.

Can you integrate with MLS / IDX / RETS feeds?
Yes. We’ve worked with regional MLS feeds and the major IDX/RETS standards. For markets without an MLS (Philippines, Nepal, many African markets), we build the equivalent — a multi-broker listing aggregation layer with admin tooling for each broker partner.
Do you support virtual tours / 360° / video walkthroughs?
Yes. We can integrate Matterport, Kuula, embedded YouTube/Vimeo, or build a custom 360° viewer depending on volume. Image and tour pipeline is a known territory.
Can the platform handle multiple currencies for cross-border buyers?
Yes. Currency conversion at the display layer, with the underlying listing always priced in its native currency. Useful for diaspora-buyer markets (Philippines, Nepal, Vietnam, etc.) where overseas buyers convert before deciding.
How do you handle SEO for property listings?
Each listing gets a server-rendered, indexable page with full schema.org RealEstateListing structured data, location-based canonical URLs, and image alt text generated from listing attributes. We’ve seen organic property-search traffic grow into the primary acquisition channel.
How long does a marketplace MVP take?
10–20 weeks for the core six systems, depending on number of property classes, integration count, and admin tooling depth. We deliver in phases so you have a usable system at each milestone.
MSG Homes Real Estate & PropTech practice

Ship a real-estate marketplace that handles every property type your market actually transacts.

6
Property types
live on MSG Homes
6
Core systems
every marketplace needs
15+
Years shipping
real estate platforms
3
Transaction modes
buy · sell · rent

Tell us your market and your property classes. We’ll tell you the data model we’d use on day one.

Direct line, founder-to-founder +977 9851038796 Roshan Subedi, Founder & MD · 48-hour reply, engineer-only