ONLINE REAL ESTATE AGENCY IN MACEDONIA: NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
Sanja Toleska, Galina Josifovska, Vlado Drakulovski, Jovan Pehcevski, Macedonia Skopje · 2010
The internet usage in Macedonia has grown rapidly since 2000, resulting in an increased number of online applications offered by various industries. The real estate industry is rapidly growing in Macedonia, yet to our knowledge none of the existing real estate agencies offer their customer services online. In this paper, we define all the necessary needs and requirements to design and develop an online real estate agency application. The application allows Macedonian citizens to find proper real estate in a more convenient way, and it also allows agencies to more efficiently sell/rent the existing real estate. We present a feasibility study for the proposed project, and describe the corresponding Use Case, Data Flow and ER Diagrams necessary to develop the application. Our fully functional prototype demonstrates that the online real estate application implements a robust and extensible platform, capable to manage various functionalities needed both for the real estate agents and for their clients. I INTRODUCTION