This AI Search Tool Is Changing How Americans Find Their Next Home

Lucía Torres · 2026-08-11

Real estate search has felt stuck in the same pattern for decades. You pick a city, set a price range, and scroll through hundreds of listings that mostly miss the mark. HouseMe.ai just flipped that model on its head with an AI-powered platform that understands what you actually want from a home, not just what the database happens to list. Backed by several co-founders of The Agency, HouseMe.ai has officially launched in the United States. The platform made its debut in Toronto earlier this summer and quickly became one of the city's most-used real estate tools. Now it's bringing that same momentum to the mid-Atlantic region, with a nationwide rollout already in the works. ### What Makes HouseMe.ai Different? Instead of forcing you to filter by bedrooms and bathrooms, HouseMe.ai lets you type in what genuinely matters to you. Looking for a park nearby? A top-rated school within walking distance? A backyard big enough for your dog to run around? A pool for summer? You just type it, and the AI does the heavy lifting. "No one has ever been able to search for real estate this way," said Nurit Coombe, Co-Founder of HouseMe.ai and Managing Partner of The Agency DC Metro. "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." Coombe is no stranger to the top of the market. She ranks #20 among all real estate agents in the United States and #1 in Maryland on RealTrends' The Thousand, with over $2 billion in career sales. She's leading the U.S. expansion into her home market alongside Co-Founders Peter Torkan, Canada's leading luxury broker and star of Amazon's Luxe Listings Toronto, and Paige Torkan, Broker of Record at The Agency Toronto. ### Proven Momentum From Day One HouseMe.ai initially launched in the Greater Toronto Area in June 2026. The results were immediate and undeniable. Within just three weeks, the platform had already: - Drawn more than 40,000 unique visitors - Seen more than 15,000 listings viewed - Generated over 300,000 total platform interactions "That momentum is the foundation for the U.S. expansion," said Peter Torkan. "It's the reason we're moving to a nationwide footprint, starting with the mid-Atlantic corridor." The numbers tell a clear story: people have been waiting for a smarter way to search for homes. The old method of checking boxes and hoping for the best just doesn't cut it anymore. ### Live and Free in Seven U.S. Markets HouseMe.ai is now live and free to use across seven states and districts: Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia. The platform connects directly to MLS data, so you're seeing real, current listings rather than stale inventory. For agents, this opens up a new way to match clients with properties. For buyers, it means less time sifting through irrelevant results and more time focusing on homes that genuinely fit their lifestyle. And for sellers, it helps surface their properties to people who are actually looking for what those homes offer. "Bringing that to the U.S. market, and to my own backyard, is the opportunity of a lifetime," Coombe added. The platform is accessible at HouseMe.ai and can be downloaded through the App Store. With a nationwide launch already on the horizon, the way Americans search for homes is about to look very different. This isn't just another real estate app. It's a fundamentally new way to think about what you need from a home, and it's only just getting started.