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HotPads
Hotpads
Type of site
Apartments, Real Estate
Available inEnglish
Created byMatt Corgan, Douglas Pope, and John Fitzpatrick
URLhttp://hotpads.com/
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched2005
Current statusActive

HotPads is a rentals and real estate marketplace launched in 2005 that enables users to search for housing using an interactive map. Listings are displayed at their addresses, allowing users to conduct a location-based search. Through the graphical interface, users click on individual property listings depicted by color-coded building icons.

In 2012, HotPads.com was acquired by Zillow for $16 Million.[1]

In August 2014, HotPads launched an updated version of the site.[2]

Background

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HotPads was founded in 2005 by Matt Corgan, Douglas Pope, and John Fitzpatrick. The site currently lists 4 million for-sale properties and 500,000 rental properties,[3] with its most densely listed areas being New York City and Washington DC.

In 2006, based on information from 2006, HotPads operated with a staff of 10 people out of Washington, DC.[4] In 2011, HotPads relocated to San Francisco[5] where it currently operates from the Zillow San Francisco office.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Zillow Acquires HotPads For $16 Million To Expand Rental Listings". Forbes. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. ^ "HotPads Unveils Redesigned Site and App to Make Searching for a Rental Faster and More Intuitive". Zillow. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. ^ Real estate info flows freely on the Web
  4. ^ Hammer, Ben (2 April 2007). "HotPads gets new digs, plus a cool $2M in funding". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  5. ^ "HotPads Opens Office in San Francisco". HotPads. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
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