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“Apartment List Seeks To Reinvent Property Rentals Nationwide”
Some of the biggest problems associated with rental housing revolve around the fact… Read More.
“The Evolution of ILS”
Consumer feedback consistently shows apartment shoppers appreciate choice, according to John Kobs, co-founder and CEO of apartment search engine ApartmentList.com. Read More
“Greylock’s Simon Rothman Joins Apartment List Advisory Board As The Startup Looks Beyond Apartments”
Apartment List, an apartment search engine that launched at TechCrunch Disrupt this fall, says that Simon Rothman, an executive in residence at Greylock Partners, has joined the company’s advisory board. Read More
“Rents rising as real estate market turns corner”
“According to Apartment List, a San Francisco-based collector of data and renters’ web site, October was the first month since before the recession that median rents in Atlanta were higher than the same month a year earlier.” Read More
“On the Hunt for Roommates or an Apartment? Check Out these Craigslist Alternatives”
“We like it more than Craigslist because: As you can see from the screenshot above, ApartmentList provides colorful neighborhood information like ‘Walkability’ and ‘Stroller Index’ scores.” Read More
“Vertical Brands brings rentals under one roof”
“Like kayak.com for the rental market, the website harnesses listings by partnering with leading real estate websites like rent.com, forrent.com and apartmentfinder.com, with the notable exception of Craigslist.” Read More
“Apartment List poised to thrive on ‘Generation Rent’”
“[John Kobs & Chris Herndon] came up with Apartment List as something of a Kayak for rental properties by consolidating millions of listings from across the Web (working with partners like Rent.com, Forrent.com, and others), and delivering it all via one site. The site offers an array of unique features for comparing and sharing properties, as well as information on individual neighborhoods, such as “walkability” & “stroller index.” Read More
“Peninsula rents going the way of SF and Manhattan”
“According to a new study by ApartmentList.com, Peninsula rents are quickly rising to rival those of San Francisco proper. Over both 12-month and 18-month periods in the area as a whole, rents have risen an average of 10% and 18%, respectively. Here’s a run down of their data, showing rent changes for different sized units…John Kobs, CEO of Apartment List points out that another big factor is inventory of homes for sale. “For the past two years the available inventory of for sale homes in the Bay Area has been at an all-time low.” Read More
“SANTA CLARA: Job boom has Bay Area rents rising”
“Silicon Valley led the US in job growth in July, and that’s causing a boom im rental prices. ApartmentList.com just released new research and found rental prices in Silicon Valley are up $9,000 a year since January 2011. San Francisco is up $5000 a year.” Watch Now
“Silicon Valley tech boom is inflating rents… by a lot”
“San Francisco red-hot startup activity is not only inflating the commercial real estate market, but it is also having an impact on the residential rental market, data [from ApartmentList.com] shows. Since January 2011 annual rents are up by $5000, but down in Peninsula, rents are up even higher.” Read More
“Show Me Where It Hurts: Rentals Rising”
“This neat infographic from the fine folks over at ApartmentList tells you what you already know: Rents have been rising all over the Bay Area (the Bay Area, in this case, being San Francisco south to Sunnyvale.” Read More
“Profitable at 11-Months-Old, ApartmentList Adds VP of Product from Gilt, Aims to Be the Anti-Craigslist”
“In the apartment wars, he who has the most listings is king. The meta-search site Apartment List, which calls itself the world’s largest and fastest-growing apartment search engine, aims to claim this crown by aggregating residential rental listings from across the Web much like Kayak does for travel.” Read More
“Apartment List is Taking the ILS World by Storm”
“One of the most visually compelling features that set the website apart is its next-generation mapping technology. Recognizing that specific neighborhoods are often a crucial element in a renter search, the company has integrated a feature into its map searches which allows users to browse listings broken down by a specific neighborhood in a city.” Read More
“Hot startups spotted at SXSW”
“Type in your location and you can start filtering the picks based on the price range, bedrooms and bathrooms, and features like on-site parking and pet-friendliness. It’ll also show you top-rated restaurants around the area and popular neighborhoods that your friends frequently “check in” on through location services like Foursquare.” Read More
“Apartment List Uses Your Personal Preferences to Find You a New Home”
“Apartment hunting can be a pain, but new service Apartment List uses your answers to specific questions and information from your Facebook profile to help narrow your search to apartments you’ll actually like.” Read More
“Apartment Hunting Made Easy”
“Here to save the day is Apartment List. It’s a Bay Area-based service that combs several listing sights at once and presents them to you in neat little maps and information snippets.” Read More
“Apartment List: Like Pandora But for Housing”
“To better acquaint you with unfamiliar ‘hoods, you can also connect via Facebook to see if friends’ve checked in near a listing, though they aren’t really your friend if the only reason they hang out is because they’re, like, completely incapable of outrunning you.” Read More
“Apartment List Launches Recommendation Engine to Match You with the Right Apartment”
“As the U.S. rental market continues to grow, the world is badly in need of apartment search options that provide consistent and trustworthy listings and rental data — as well as a service that adds some entertainment to what is often a teeth-grinding process. The visual elements of ApartmentList’s engine, complete with interactive maps and images and easy search, add a much-needed revamp to the black-and-white listings of craiglist and other listings resources.” Read More
“Ask Techland: How Can I Use Google Maps to Find My Next Apartment?”
“But the site we’re really digging is a new service called Apartment List, which we discovered via the fine work being done over at Google Maps Mania. Though the site’s still in beta, the interface feels remarkably polished. It’s visually oriented yet functional, with the instructions clear enough for my mom to use.” Read More
“Apartment List rolls out ‘world’s first’ apartment matching engine”
“The Bay Area-based startup Apartment List aims to make searching for an apartment less exhausting — and possibly fun.” Read More
“Livin’ on Easy Street: Apartment List helps you find your perfect pad”
“Apartment-List fully launched today as the “world’s first apartment matching engine.” It aims to set you up with your perfect place, like a dating site for the apartment hunt.” Watch Video
“Apartment List creatively recommends apartments for renters – dream search”
“ApartmentList.com is certainly worth the industry taking a hard look at- it is a dream to use and if a residential real estate search site functioned as seamlessly as this, consumers would flock to it. Most sites either master information or master novelty- ApartmentList does both… Their claims of comprehensiveness are accurate, as they have more data sources than any startup we’ve seen in recent years- ForRent, ListHub, HotPads and so on.” Read More
“Startup rolls out ‘apartment matching engine’”
“Apartment hunters and technology aficionados, take note.” Read More
