HouseMe.ai launches U.S. with direct MLS connections

HouseMe.ai, an AI-powered real estate search and intelligence platform that launched in Canada earlier this summer, has entered the U.S. market with direct MLS connections across seven mid-Atlantic jurisdictions, the company announced Wednesday.

The platform is now live in soft-launch mode across Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia. A nationwide rollout is planned, according to the announcement.

HouseMe.ai connects directly to MLS data in all seven markets, offering what the company describes as a level of real-time integration not currently available in other consumer-facing real estate apps. The U.S. move follows a three-week debut in the Greater Toronto Area that drew more than 40,000 unique visitors and generated over 300,000 platform interactions and 15,000 listing views, the firm said. 

The U.S. launch is being led by co-founder Nurit Coombe, managing partner of The Agency DC Metro. Coombe’s team, known as Team Nurit & Alex ranks No. 20 among all agents nationwide and No. 1 in Maryland in  the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings. She is joined by co-founders Peter Torkan, a Toronto-based luxury broker and cast member on Amazon’s “Luxe Listings Toronto,” and Paige Torkan, broker of record at The Agency Toronto.

“No one has ever been able to search for real estate this way,” Coombe said. “This is a fundamentally new category, using AI and real data to let buyers, sellers and agents customize their search around exactly what they need.”

An AI lifestyle search engine

HouseMe.ai positions itself as an “AI lifestyle search engine” for real estate, moving beyond standard filters such as beds, baths and price. Consumers can enter natural-language prompts describing their desired lifestyle — for example, proximity to a park, a walkable, highly rated school, a large yard or a renovated kitchen — and the system returns listings aligned with those preferences rather than a simple filtered list.

Under the hood, the platform layers its conversational interface on top of live MLS feeds in its launch markets, attempting to reduce latency and listing discrepancies that have long frustrated both consumers and agents. For housing professionals, tighter integration with MLS data could help minimize confusion around status changes, price updates and days-on-market calculations that often differ across portals.

In addition to search, HouseMe.ai has built out tools typically found in separate valuation, visualization and analytics products. A visual renovation engine allows users to upload photos of any room and generate before-and-after renderings, including changes to flooring, kitchens and yard conditions. The tool is designed to support open-ended, granular edits, rather than a small set of style presets.

Sellers can use that capability to model potential capital improvements and explore comparable sales before committing to renovation spend. Buyers can test different layouts or finishes to better understand a property’s potential instead of relying solely on existing listing photos. For agents, this type of visualization can streamline conversations about renovation trade-offs and post-close costs.

Free intelligence reporter

Every search on the platform generates a free “Intelligence Report” that bundles several analytics features, including a “True Cost Calculator” that estimates cost-to-close and ongoing carrying costs. The goal is to surface transfer taxes, closing costs and monthly payments earlier in the journey, rather than at the pre-approval or underwriting stage.

HouseMe.ai said its infrastructure is built on proprietary data architecture and direct MLS connections — an approach many consumer portals have struggled to scale, especially when layering in AI. The platform’s Canadian launch suggests that agents are likely to encounter clients referencing HouseMe scores or intelligence reports, particularly in competitive, higher-price markets.

Co-founders emphasized that the company originated from inside the brokerage business rather than from external technology firms, positioning HouseMe.ai as a tool designed around workflow and questions that surface in day-to-day transactions.

“That momentum is the foundation for the U.S. expansion,” co-founder Peter Torkan said of the Canadian launch. “It’s the reason we’re moving to a nationwide footprint, starting with the mid-Atlantic corridor.”

HouseMe.ai is live and free to use in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia, with expansion to additional states planned. 

This article was generated using HousingWire Automation and reviewed by a HousingWire editor before publication.