School Scout Unveils Industry’s Fastest, Easiest, Most Accurate Way to Match Homes with Schools

July 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Today, School Scout™ steps into the spotlight with the launch of its first application, School Scout PROFESSIONAL™, an online search tool that allows real estate agents to instantly find the schools that service a specific address or geographic boundary and find homes for sale within those schools’ boundary areas.

School Scout addresses the challenge often faced by Agents and prospective homebuyers who want detailed information about homes for sale that are located within boundary areas of schools that fit the buyers’ needs. “School and school boundary information is often fragmented and sometimes out of date, requiring hours of research, making calls or visiting multiple websites to gather the data one needs to make an informed decision,” said Mattie Baker, co-founder and chief executive officer, School Scout.  

Enter School Scout™ PROFESSIONAL , which enables agents to perform instantaneous, reliable school-based real estate searches that can easily be shared with clients. The application is unique in its ability to layer data, such as real-time Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data, school boundary data and school information such as ranking, within the same search.  School Scout™ is the first service of its kind to offer all three key pieces of information in one easy-to-use interface, which is the solution that real estate agents have been waiting for.

“School Scout is the must-have tool for any real estate professional who takes representing home buyers and sellers seriously,” Mike Sibilia, President, Santa Clara County Association of Realtors® 2011. “Mattie Baker and Kimberly Leal have developed a solution that solves a real challenge faced by many real estate agents. The School Scout solution saves the user hours of valuable time, not to mention frustration, by making the search easy and fast.”  

“As current trends show that schools are factoring more into the value of a home and becoming one of the top criteria considered when people are making a move, real estate agents need to be extremely knowledgeable about schools in order to better serve their clients,” said Leal, President and Chairman of the Board, School Scout. “According to data cited by The Wall Street Journal, better schools can even lead to fewer foreclosures. What we’ve developed is the fastest, easiest and most accurate way to match homes with schools, as well as allowing consumers to easily find a great real estate agent that specializes in those school boundary areas.”

Pricing and Availability
School Scout PROFESSIONAL™ is available to agents serving several counties in the San Francisco Bay Area at http://www.schoolscout.com. School Scout’s coverage will further expand in Northern California, with Southern California to follow soon. Pricing is $29.95 per month, with a one-time set up fee which will be waived with the rollout for Q3 2012. In addition, special discount codes are available through School Scout sponsors and volume discounts will be offered to local brokerages.

About School Scout™
School Scout™ is the solution that real estate agents have been waiting for. The application layers data, such as real-time Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data, school boundary data and school information such as ranking, within the same search.  School Scout™ is the first service of its kind to offer all three key pieces of information in one easy-to-use interface saving agents countless hours of research. Founded by two local real estate agents and mothers of elementary school-aged children who recognized the need for providing this unique service, the company is principally based in Santa Clara, CA. Visit School Scout™ online at http://www.SchoolScout.com, on Facebook,  http://www.facebook.com/SchoolScout , or Twitter(@SchoolScoutUS).


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