Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Top Ten VaultWare Powered Apartment Search Websites in Second Quarter 2010


July 14, 2010, Scottsdale, AZ -- Realty DataTrust, maker of the VaultWare™ complete apartment marketing and leasing solution, including the multifamily industry's original online apartment availability and reservation system, today released its quarterly list of the top ten most popular apartment search websites powered by VaultWare during the second quarter of 2010.
The VaultWare apartment reservation system integrates with over 170 websites in the United States to provide rental prospects the ability to find current rental pricing and availability, as well as to hold a specific unit and pre-qualify instantly online. Research shows that checking availability is typically the first step in the rental process after viewing general information about the property.
Since VaultWare began powering online availability and reservations for the apartment industry 7 years ago, over 38,500,000 people have used the system to help them find a new home. On average, over 1 million people per month have used VaultWare to check availability during the last two quarters.
Craigslist topped Rent.com in the second quarter, taking the top position on the ranking for the first time. The classified listing site first broke into the top 10 at the number 6 position in Q3 of 2009. Since then per property availability sessions from Craigslist have increased by an astounding 491%!

Top Ten Most Popular VaultWare Powered Apartment Search Websites – Q2 2010

Based on prospective renters checking apartment availability

Q2
2010 Rank
Q1
2010 Rank
Q2
2009 Rank
Website* Availability Searches
Per Property
1 ↑

1

1

Craigslist.org

232.3

2 ↓

1

1

Rent.com

176.8

3   -

3

3

Apartments.com

154.3

4 ↑

5

4

ForRent.com

97.1

5 ↑

7

NR

Move.com

78.6

6   -

6

9

ApartmentFinder.com

61.3

7 ↓

4

2

4walls.us

57.6

8   -

8

7

ApartmentGuide.com

36.9

9   -

9

10

MyNewPlace.com

24.4

10   -

NR

NR

ApartmentSearch.com

11.7

 

Total

964.8

*Rankings are based on the number of times renters check specific apartment availability online per property from the respective website. All websites have a minimum of 200 apartment properties powered by VaultWare.
For more information, visit the VaultWare Online Marketing Index (www.vaultware.com/marketindex) which enables multifamily professionals to benchmark their individual property or their portfolios' online leasing results against industry averages. To see how rental pricing compares by marketplace, visit www.PadZing.com