Making With Milvus: AI-Infused Proptech for Personalized Real Estate Search

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in real estate is transforming home search processes. With the help of AI, tech-savvy real estate professionals can assist clients in finding suitable homes faster and simplify property purchasing. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated interest, adoption, and investment in property technology (proptech), indicating its growing role in the industry. This article explores how Beike utilized vector similarity search to develop a house hunting platform that provides personalized results and recommends listings in near real-time. Vector similarity search is useful for various AI, deep learning, and traditional vector calculation scenarios, as it helps make sense of unstructured data such as images, video, audio, behavior data, documents, and more. Beike uses Milvus, an open-source vector database, to manage its AI real estate platform. The platform converts property listing data into feature vectors, which are then fed into Milvus for indexing and storage. This enables efficient similarity searches based on user queries, improving the home search experience for house hunters and helping agents close deals faster.