HouseMe.ai Launches U.S. With Direct MLS Connections

HouseMe.ai, an AI-powered real estate search and intelligence platform, launched in the United States on Wednesday, expanding its operations from Canada into seven mid-Atlantic jurisdictions. The platform is currently in soft-launch mode across Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia, with plans for a nationwide rollout. A key feature of HouseMe.ai's U.S. debut is its direct connection to Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data in all seven of these markets. The company asserts that this level of real-time integration is a novel offering for consumer-facing real estate applications. This U.S. expansion follows a successful three-week initial launch in the Greater Toronto Area, which attracted over 40,000 unique visitors, generated more than 300,000 platform interactions, and resulted in 15,000 listing views. The U.S. market entry is spearheaded by co-founder Nurit Coombe, who also serves as managing partner of The Agency DC Metro. Coombe's real estate team, known as Team Nurit & Alex, holds a significant ranking, placed at No. 20 among all agents nationwide and No. 1 in Maryland according to the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings. She is collaborating with co-founders Peter Torkan, a Toronto-based luxury broker and a cast member on Amazon's "Luxe Listings Toronto," and Paige Torkan, the broker of record at The Agency Toronto. Coombe highlighted the platform's innovative approach, stating that it represents a "fundamentally new category" by leveraging AI and real data to enable buyers, sellers, and agents to customize their property searches based on precise needs. HouseMe.ai positions itself as an "AI lifestyle search engine," moving beyond conventional search parameters like the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and price. Instead, consumers can utilize natural-language prompts to articulate their desired lifestyle attributes, such as proximity to parks, highly-rated walkable schools, spacious yards, or recently renovated kitchens. The AI system then identifies and presents listings that align with these specific lifestyle preferences, offering a more personalized search experience than traditional filtered lists. The platform's underlying technology aims to interpret these nuanced lifestyle requirements and match them with available properties, thereby enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of real estate searches for all parties involved in a transaction. The company's strategy involves building out its direct MLS integrations across the U.S. to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date property database.