Monthly Archives: May 2006

…the list of states offering rebates, that is. Welcome aboard, Illinois.

We thought we would share a little trick with you about our search. You can search for apartments by entering only a city name–no state is necessary. Type in Washington–we give you results for Washington, DC. Type in Madison. We give you Madison, WI. Type in Portland. You get Portland, OR. "But, what about Portland, [...]

Rebates are now available from participating properties for you apartment hunters in Maryland. Happy hunting!

As of this morning, rebates are available in Arizona and Missouri. Just a reminder that we are rolling these out state-by-state so that we can make sure we offer the best renter and apartment manger experience. This is what being in “beta” is all about.

You’ll notice today that we have re-designed our home page. Your told us that our old home page did not clearly state what we were about and how the process works. Since no one reads much text, we took a slightly more graphical approach. We’ve also made some improvements to search and mapping from your [...]

We’re glad to announce that rebates are now available in Georgia–in addition to the 13 states we had at launch last week. We are continuing our limited roll-out of our service to ensure all of our operational processes are running smoothly. Stay tuned here for updates as rebates become available in new states.

Thanks to all of you who have been sending us your feedback. It’s great! Keep it coming. Based on your feedback, we made the following updates to search results last night: Search By Radius: The “Show Results Within” drop down now works properly. You can expand (or narrow) the radius of your search, and it [...]

As the Fed keeps raising interest rates and demand wanes for single-family homes, national apartment investors are in an excellent position. Revenue began to grow last year, a trend that should continue in 2006 and beyond. Apartment building owners are beginning to capitalize on the growing population of Americans who are unable to buy a [...]

We’ve been very excited at the number of you who have been sending feedback. Based on your comments, we are working hard this week to fix the following things: Search By Radius: On a search result page, if you select a radius from the “Show Results Within” menu, it appears to not work. What’s happening [...]

Welcome to MyNewPlace! After over a year from our first discussions with property owners/managers, renters and investors about our idea for a new, more advanced way to search for an apartment, we have officially launched. I thought it would be appropriate to post my first entry on our launch day, and answer a few likely [...]