Apartment hunting in Silicon Valley moves online
Silicon Valley Mercury News, 11/01/2009

Last month, nearly 47 million people searched the Web for rental and for-sale housing nationwide, 13 percent more searches than in September 2008, according to comScore Media Metrix. And many in the rental-housing-search business expect online traffic to keep increasing as more people turn to the Web for information and the troubled economy keeps homes out of the reach of many."

Software puts captions on the real world
The Boston Globe, 09/24/2009

"The world around us is getting something it's needed for a long time: captions.[...] Even so, Layar or Yelp will help you quickly find nearby points of interest. And Layar lets developers build new databases and add captions to just about anything. One database, called HotPads, highlights housing for sale or rental;

Five Best Apartment Search Tools
lifehacker, 08/16/2009

"Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite ways to find apartments. We've tallied up the votes and now we're back to showcase the five most popular tools you use to find yourself some new digs. [...] HotPads approaches apartment search in a novel way. In addition to offering the basic city/price searches found in any apartment search engine, HotPads has heat maps."

The Top 100 Websites of 2009
PC Magazine, 07/27/2009

"Our picks for the hottest Web sites and Web trends of the year, plus some old favorites to enjoy... HotPads.com Despite its name, HotPads.com is not your resource for natural relief of back pain, it's a real-estate resource! Just enter in your ZIP code and you'll find a handy map full of listings for rentals, sales, foreclosures, and even vacation rentals and hotels. "

Trulia, HotPads win Webby Awards
Inman News, 05/06/2009

HotPads.com was named the "People's Voice" winner in the real estate category. This award is determined by the online community[...]Among the judging criteria: content, structure and navigation, aesthetic, functionality, interactivity, and overall experience of the site.


HotPads: Smarter Map-Based Search for Finding Housing
Mashable, 04/13/2009

"Genius Idea: If you're in the market for a new home, vacation property, or rental, you can turn to Craigslist, iList, or dozens of other online classifieds sites to help you in your search. But, most of these options aren't tailored to the best search experience for your housing-related needs. HotPads, however, keeps it simple with interactive map-based search results for everything from apartments to hotels and even recently foreclosed homes."


HotPads.com -- The Map for Rentals, Foreclosures, Vacation Homes, Real Estate
Kilplinger's, 03/27/2009

"Enter Hotpads.com, a site that does all of these things. The company boilerplate says "HotPads strives to build the most comprehensive, interactive marketplace of real estate and location-based services, presented with an innovative user interface and a memorable brand." It does a pretty good job living up to that hype."


HotPads Drops Its Hot Maps On Vacation Home Rentals
TechCrunch, 03/26/2009

"But finding a vacation home to rent out can be a real chore...Enter HotPads, the real estate site that is all about maps. It just added a "vacation" tab to its site, which lets your search for 20,000 vacation home rentals across the U.S. Results are plotted on a map, which is really convenient when you want to know how far away from the beach or the ski slopes the property is. Results can also be sorted by price and availability, which show up when you mouse over any given house icon."


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