HOME.ai
Simplifying Real Estate with AI
Hackzon AI Project | Role: UX Designer | 2024
Home.ai
Overview
Project Overview
HomeAI is an AI-powered platform that simplifies disclosure review and offer making for homebuyers—turning hours of paperwork into minutes of clarity.
My Role
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UX Designer
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Led research, information architecture, interaction & UI design, and AI interaction design
BACKGOURND
Background / Problem Definition
Industry Challenge
Real estate transactions involve lengthy disclosure documents and complex offer processes. Buyers often struggle to fully understand contracts, leading to confusion, delays, and uncertainty.
User Pain Points
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Difficulty understanding legal and disclosure documents
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Risk of missing critical information
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Complex and time-consuming offer creation process
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High communication overhead and decision fatigue
Design Opportunity
Use AI summarization + UX design to reduce cognitive load, highlight key risks, and guide users through creating competitive offers with confidence.
DESIGN PROCESS
My Role & Design Process
As the AI UX Designer, I led the end-to-end design process:
Research
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Conducted buyer and agent interviews to identify pain points.
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Created journey maps to highlight moments of friction where AI could intervene.
Ideation
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Defined AI capabilities: summarization, key-point highlighting, guided offer creation.
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Designed interaction patterns for AI explainability and user trust.
Design
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Information architecture: simplified disclosure review with progressive disclosure.
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UI design: minimal, card-based layouts with emphasis on critical data.
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AI UX design: transparent prompts showing why AI surfaces certain insights.
Prototype & Test
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Iterated from low-fi to interactive prototypes.
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Tested during Hackathon, integrated feedback to refine flows.
AI UX Principles
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Efficiency & Focus
Reduce cognitive overload by surfacing only the most critical insights.
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Human-in-the-Loop
Users retain control; AI acts as a decision support tool.
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Trust & Transparency
Clear communication of AI’s scope and limitations.
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Explainability
Every AI summary links back to original text for validation.