The type of person who would base his buying decision on a neighbor’s politics is not who I’d want moving in next to me, but still … creepy.
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on the other hand, if it saved me from buying next door to a house filled with crippled transvestites and illegal aliens, maybe this app would be useful
From FWIW’s Taos correspondant, this:
New real estate platform lets homebuyers check their neighbors’ political affiliations
A new real estate platform is giving homebuyers an unprecedented peek into their potential neighborhoods — revealing everything from political leanings to local demographics — before they even commit to buying.
Oyssey, a tech startup soft-launching this month in South Florida and New York City, lets buyers access neighborhood political affiliations based on election results and campaign contributions, along with housing trends and other social data.
The platform is betting that today’s buyers care just as much about their neighbors’ values as they do about square footage or modern finishes.
“It’s about getting buyers homes that they love,” CEO Huw Nierenberg, a former Boston real estate agent told Axios, which reported news of the tool. Nierenberg didn’t immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
He says buyers’ priorities have evolved, explaining that during house tours, “buyers often move from asking whether the water heater is leaking to wondering if their neighbors are folks they’d like to invite to dinner someday.”
