Rent? Buy? Map it out for Portland area
The Oregonian 7/24/2008

"In these uncertain times, people weighing rent vs. buy may find help with heat maps on HotPads.com."


Rent/buy ratio for 46 metro areas
OC Register, 6/24/2008

"'Rent ratios going down mean houses are becoming more affordable to buy,'says Arnold Slesers, the Economy.com economist who crunched the numbers... For another way of looking at rent/buy ratios, go to www.hotpads.com, which charts values based on a rent ratio "heat" map."


Home Base
Orlando Sentinel, 6/22/2008

"To buy or not buy: That is the question. Check out HotPads.com for help on finding the answer. This free map-based real estate search engine lists homes for sale, apartments, condos and rental houses. Resources on the site include: foreclosure search and heat maps; a buy-versus-rent calculator; renters and buyers guides; an insurance center with information on all types of insurance; and a help and frequently asked-questions link to help you navigate the site."


Not Sure Whether To Rent Or Buy? Check the Heat Map.
TechCrunch, 6/10/2008

"I can't resist a good heat map, especially on real estate sites. HotPads, which brought us the foreclose heat map, now offers a handy rent ratio heat map. "


The Latest in Real Estate Voyeurism
Fortune Magazine, 6/9/2008

"The real estate site Hotpads.com offers maps that show, block by block, every property available for purchase or rental. The best feature (or most terrifying, depending): heat maps that glows red where foreclosures are rampant. Hello, Miami!"


The Week in Real Estate
Washingtonian, 5/30/2008

"PC Magazine published a round-up of eight top real-estate Web sites. The sites, including DC-based HotPads.com, offer interactive maps, powerful search tools, community statistics, and more."


The Best Real Estate Web Sites
PC Magazine, 5/23/2008

"These eight Web sites offer all the tools you need to buy or sell a home, like interactive maps, community stats, and powerful search tools."


Another Foreclosure Map Hits the Web
Wall Street Journal, 04/11/2008

"What do the Federal Reserve and real-estate Web site HotPads have in common? Both have ginned up online maps in recent weeks to track the mortgage maps. The Fed's map, released last week, illustrates subprime loan conditions across the U.S. Hotpads.com offers similar heat maps, and uses them to showcase listings of foreclosed homes."


Cool Sites: Selling a house?
The Kim Komando Show, 04/10/2008

"It's no secret that the housing market is in a slump. That's bad news if you're trying to sell. It may take a few months to sell your house for your price. But there is help online."


Some kink in the link
MSNBC's Clicked, 04/10/2008

"HotPads foreclosure heat map shows per capita foreclosures across the US. Zoomable by town or even neighborhoods. I see confirmation of what I've heard from folks I know in Florida who say the situation is grim down there."


Locational divergence, in living colour
Economist.com Blog, 04/09/2008

"High levels of foreclosure are associated with falling prices, so these maps provide a good idea where housing prices have come down the most. The contrasts are instructive. Not only are there considerable differences across metropolitan areas but also within them."


Hotpads Foreclosure Heat Map
The Big Picture, 04/09/2008

"Real estate website Hotpads has several of these way interesting interactive maps. You cans elect whatever region/city of your choosing."


Bay Area hit hard by mortgage foreclosures
ValleyWag, 4/08/2008

"While the whole country has been hit hard by the subprime mortgage crisis, with sky-high housing costs the Valley and surrounding area have also felt the pain. How bad is it?"


Foreclosures: Hot or Not?
Inman News Blog, 04/08/2008

HotPads plans to allow comparisons of current foreclosure heat maps with past heat maps to allow users to gauge the foreclosure trends in a particular market area, according to a company announcement.


Can't get enough of foreclosure maps?
Baltimore Sun,04/08/2008

The Baltimore Sun spotlights HotPads.com's foreclosure heat maps, focusing on Maryland.


Foreclosures Shown On Scary, Encroaching Heat Maps
TechCrunch, 04/07/2008

"If you want to see in stark colors exactly how the mortgage credit crisis is spreading across the country, go to real estate search site HotPads and look at the foreclosure heat maps in your area."



New websites rev the home-search engine
Los Angeles Times, 03/02/2008

"HotPads offers an easy-to-use map-based search that provides listings for both rentals and properties for sale. There's also a buy-versus-rent feature that helps you decide which option makes the most financial sense. Ease of use? Not bad, but it's a bit graphic-busy."

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