HABITAT

Habitat is a modern real estate marketplace built around the idea that finding a home should also mean finding a sustainable future. The platform connects environmentally conscious buyers with properties that meet verified green building standards, from energy-efficient apartments to net-zero custom homes.

Listings are enriched with sustainability scores, estimated utility costs, solar potential assessments, and neighborhood walkability data. Buyers can filter by certifications like LEED, Passive House, and Energy Star, while sellers benefit from a streamlined listing flow with professional photography scheduling and automatic MLS syndication. The integrated Stripe payment system handles earnest money deposits and escrow disbursements.

The technical stack centers on Next.js for server-rendered pages with excellent SEO, Supabase for authentication and real-time database subscriptions, Mapbox for interactive property maps with custom boundary overlays, and Stripe Connect for multi-party payments between buyers, sellers, and agents.