A new Web-based iPhone app to locate property for sale or rent around certain physical locations was launched in the U.K.

Propertynearme.com is reportedly designed to show what properties are available around a user’s current geographical position. Just stand in a neighborhood and dial up the options. This is one of the first Web-based property apps to use the "geo location" awareness feature of the iPhone (News - Alert).

The site launches in the U.K. first, then in Germany, Italy and Spain over the next couple days. Plans are in place to launch an Australian version in the very near future. And you don't even need to download an app, since its Web-based. It's developed by mobile developers Internetics.

Internetics Director Clive France, showing that necessity is, in fact, the mother of invention, calls the app "a dream come true for property hunters. I was driving through an area a few months ago, liked it and thought wouldn't it be useful if I could simply click a button on my iPhone and see what property was for sale around me."

And hey -- it's free of charge to use. Stand next to Buckingham Palace and see if Her Majesty's looking to find a new crib.

There are so many cool iPhone apps out there. In Augus, TMC reported that as part of USAA’s Deposit@Home service, introduced in 2006, which lets certain members scan and deposit checks on a home scanner, USAA has now also launched a mobile check deposit capability for the iPhone.

Company officials said qualifying banking members can use iPhones to deposit a check from "anywhere else they can get a wireless signal."

The feature, called USAA Deposit@Mobile, lets you snap a photo of both sides of a signed check with the iPhone camera and transmit the image to USAA, which verifies the deposit information and signature to complete the transaction. Approximately 14 percent of USAA’s 7.2 million members currently interact with USAA via their mobile devices, which is three times greater than any other bank's level.