Denver-Based Startup Launches New Apartment Search Website and Online Community

Hubbuzz.com Provides a New Generation of Online Apartment Searching by Combining Powerful Search Functionality with Unmatched Neighborhood Insight and User-Generated Content

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hubbuzz.com today announced the launch of a new apartment search website and online community designed to go beyond ordinary online apartment search tools. Built on a proprietary search platform, Hubbuzz.com provides apartment seekers with extensive local apartment listings as well as detailed neighborhood profiles, photo galleries, interactive maps, events calendars and user-generated blogs. Unlike other apartment search websites, Hubbuzz.com promotes community involvement, interaction and collaboration by creating a forum where users are able to share, promote and get to know cities and neighborhoods around the nation.

Jennifer Staciokas, vice president of marketing and training for Lincoln Property Company, the fourth largest apartment management company in the nation and a Hubbuzz.com client, said, "Hubbuzz.com is taking apartment search to the next level. By supplying apartment searchers with neighborhood information, photos and blogs, Hubbuzz.com provides highly valuable information that renters cannot get elsewhere, helping them make the best possible housing decisions."

When visiting Hubbuzz.com, apartment seekers are able to search for apartments based on name, neighborhood characteristic (such as eclectic, established, and urban), cost of rent and a number of other apartment amenities (such as pets, parking, and air conditioning). It is also possible to search by neighborhood, which yields detailed neighborhood profiles and photos compiled by Hubbuzz.com field representatives based on in-person visits to each location. Throughout the search process, visitors also have access to real-world, user-generated commentary about neighborhoods, events, and local businesses posted by bloggers and other community members.

Hubbuzz.com works with a variety of apartment communities from individually owned properties to some of the largest national real estate investment trusts that rank in the top ten in the industry. The extensive property listings featured on Hubbuzz.com vary from small apartment buildings with less than 50 units to large buildings with over 300 units.

“The apartment search sites that consumers have become accustomed to lack the originality, accuracy and interactivity that today’s online apartment seeker needs to make the most informed housing decisions,” said April Thayer, president and CEO of Hubbuzz.com. “We built Hubbuzz.com to go beyond basic apartment listings by enabling an open dialog among users and designing a powerful search platform that accurately matches a visitor to their future apartment.”

Hubbuzz.com users who find their perfect neighborhood and apartment through the site are eligible for a $100 reward by clicking on the “Claim $100” link and completing the form found at www.hubbuzz.com.

Today Hubbuzz.com launched service in Colorado-based markets including Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins and Colorado Springs. Hubbuzz.com will launch in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Phoenix and Dallas by the end of October 2007 with additional nationwide cities to follow.

About Hubbuzz.com

Hubbuzz.com is an innovative apartment search website and online community that provides apartment seekers a unique search experience by combining powerful search functionality and unmatched neighborhood insight with user-generated content. Launched in August of 2007, Hubbuzz.com is owned by Denver-based startup Collective Intuition, LLC, a group dedicated to improving the search for not just an apartment, but a neighborhood and community to call home. For more information about Hubbuzz.com, visit www.hubbuzz.com.

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