Renters Can Now Find a New Place to Live on Facebook® From Millions of Apartments

CHICAGO, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Finding a new place to live is one of life's most important decisions, and many apartment hunters seek out the opinions of people they trust before signing a lease. In fact, according to a 2009 Gartner survey, the majority of Americans now consult "friends" or "followers" on social networks before making a purchase. In response to this desire for a social shopping environment, ApartmentHomeLiving.com has brought the full apartment search experience of their website to Facebook®, the most popular social media destination. Without leaving Facebook, renters can now shop for a place to live from millions of apartments from around the country while sharing the details of their search with their social network. By posting apartment listings to their Facebook profile and inviting "friends" to weigh in with feedback they can count on, renters can enter into their new rental agreement with confidence.

"It's natural to want to share information about ourselves with people who care," said Larry Cotter, general manager of ApartmentHomeLiving.com. "This behavior also holds true when shopping online, which is why we have extended the same apartment search experience we offer on ApartmentHomeLiving.com to Facebook. Unlike other rental resources on Facebook, users never need to leave the website to conduct their apartment search. Property overviews, complete with pricing, floorplans, videos, photos, contact information and more are all built and available within the Facebook platform."  

Renters hunting for their next apartment on Facebook are encourage to visit the ApartmentHomeLiving.com page (http://www.facebook.com/FindAFunPlace) and click the "Find a Place" tab to begin their apartment search. ApartmentHomeLiving.com Facebook users can search for an apartment by location and narrow results by floorplan and price range while receiving input from their Facebook network, as seen through insightful and valuable comments.  

Facebook users who have questions regarding the renting and moving process can also access ApartmentHomeLiving.com local living guides, videos and articles for tips on finding a great place to live and settling in to their new surroundings. Through these rental resources and the added benefit of sharing apartment information with "friends," ApartmentHomeLiving.com strives to help Facebook users streamline their apartment search.

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About Apartment Home Living

Based in Austin, Texas, Apartment Home Living (http://apartmenthomeliving.com) is the leading apartment lifestyle brand. Apartment Home Living operates off the mantra that apartment living is the "funnest" way to live. With proprietary apartment lifestyle matching, 3,700+ local living guides, social networking and engaging content, Apartment Home Living helps residents find the perfect place, connect with their neighbors and neighborhood and "Live for Fun." The Apartment Home Living Premium Apartment Manager Program includes a portfolio of personalized flyers, forms, digital brochures, videos and other tools to help apartment managers increase closing and retention ratios.

About Apartments.com

Apartments.com (www.apartments.com) is a leading national apartment Internet listing subscription service with more than 50,000 unique addresses representing more than three million rental units from managed properties, newspaper classifieds and for-rent-by-owner properties. With personalized searches, highly visual ads featuring "Walk Through Video," "Apartments.com Anywhere" mobile solutions, 360-degree virtual tours, professional photography and comprehensive community listings, Apartments.com makes it possible for renters to access apartment rental inventory from across town or across the country. Leads from highly qualified ready-to-rent prospects are delivered to Apartments.com customers, increasing closure rates and decreasing the average cost of leasing an apartment. The Website's foundation of solid partnerships with more than 1,000 newspaper affiliate and strategic partners across the country include Yahoo! Real Estate, AOL Real Estate, Univision, the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Apartments.com is a division of Chicago-based Classified Ventures, LLC. The Apartments.com network of apartment rental websites includes Apartment Home Living (http://www.apartmenthomeliving.com), a leading social media apartment website distinguished by a "live for fun" community experience, proprietary lifestyle matching and local living guides to help renters find their perfect place to live.

SOURCE Apartments.com