Monthly Archives: May 2008

Well, it’s over. MyNewplace’s brush with the glitterati has, for the foreseeable future, ended. Not only has the third season of MTV’s hit show The Hills, concluded, but the girls have moved out of the “Hillside Villas” apartments. And so we lament, so goes quality television programming, so goes our organic traffic. As you may [...]

Each week, MyNewPlace provides a compendium of news articles on apartments for rent, the rental market and interesting apartment features. International Apartment Rental Market This week, we’ll set our sights abroad to check out issues and developments in apartment rental and housing markets around the globe. Follow along with our Indiana Jones style maps (we’ll [...]

There was big news for the housing industry from Capitol Hill this week, as the Senate Banking Committee passed “The Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008” by a vote of 19-2. We have been following the development of this legislation in our past Apartment Rental News Weekly Roundups. Tracking housing legislation during an [...]

As I sat watching American Idol with my 3 female roommates the other night, I began to reflect on the decision process that had landed me in this less than ideal situation. I had lived with girls before and I knew what I was doing at the outset of my apartment search; when I first [...]

This month marks the second year anniversary of MyNewPlace’s launch. In May 2006, we launched our online apartment listing service and have now been providing one of the largest online marketplace for apartments for rent and home rentals. We have been pretty pleased with how ‘up and to the right’ the graph has been going [...]

The front page of this morning’s Wall Street Journal hosts an article about a political battle over how the government should address the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. The article, “Mortgage Bailout Infuriates Tenants (And Steve Forbes),” focuses on identifying the sponsors of AngryRenter.com, a site designed to mobilize renters against a federal bailout [...]

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be featuring snippets from an article authored by the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) entitled Don’t Buy the Myths: Renting Can Be a Smart Decision. The Rent vs. Buy article focuses on 9 widespread misconceptions regarding the benefits of homeownership over rental apartments. [...]

Each week, MyNewPlace provides a compendium of news articles on apartments for rent, the rental market and interesting apartment features. We also track legislation that affects the rental market, highlighting new features for apartment owners and renters, and taking a look at notable apartment trends. Court Rules in Favor of Multifamily Developer In this week’s [...]

For many students, college is the first time that they will live away from home for an extended amount of time. This is the first time they are responsible for finding and living in their own off campus apartments. Given their relative inexperience, it is certainly good to see some students taking initiative and challenging [...]

Each week, MyNewPlace provides a compendium of news articles on apartments for rent, the rental market and interesting apartment features. We also track legislation that affects the rental market, highlighting new features for apartment owners and renters, and taking a look at notable apartment trends. Political Corner A plethora of legislative actions are affecting the [...]