Apartments.com Launches Application on Apple App Store

Rich Apartment Search Experience for iPhone and iPod touch

CHICAGO, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Apartments.com, the nation's leading rental
resource, today announced the launch of its new application on the Apple App
Store. Whether looking for an apartment across the street or across the
country, renters can now use their iPhone or iPod touch to find a new place to
live. By delivering instant access to millions of apartments through
location-based searches in a visually-enhanced media format including walk
through videos, photos, floorplans and integrated mapping, the Apartments.com
app puts the nation's richest apartment content in the palm of the user's
hand.

"Unique features like walk through videos, photos, floorplans and integrated
mapping allow us to offer a superior apartment search experience for iPhone
and iPod touch users," said Chris Brown, vice president of product management
at Apartments.com. "Apartments.com has provided access to its listings from
all web-enabled phones including the iPhone since 2008. This app for iPhone
and iPod touch is an extension of our mobile strategy that enables us to
deliver our listings in a multimedia format that will change the way users
discover and rent property."

The Apartments.com application features include:
-- The most comprehensive and vivid database of millions of apartments
around the country
-- GPS technology for on-the-go renters looking for an apartment nearby,
or
location-based search options by city/state or zip code
-- Walkthrough video tours that bring apartments to life as if the user
were touring the property in person
-- Professional photography and detailed floorplans
-- Integrated mapping by Google Maps
-- Phone and email contact information for apartment properties and
communities
-- Saved search functionality providing renters with easy access to saved
apartment searches
-- Customized searches that allow renters to search by number of
bedrooms,
bathrooms, rent, pet policies, parking and more!

The Apartments.com iPhone(IM) application is now available free of charge in
the Apple App Store.

The app is the latest addition to the established suite of mobile solutions
offered by Apartments.com. Since Apartments.com launched its mobile Web site
in 2008, more than half a million mobile users have visited the site and
viewed more than 4.5 million pages - and 30 percent of that traffic has come
from iPhone and iPod touch users. Apartments.com has effectively reached
approximately 150,000 iPhone and iPod touch users through its mobile Web site
prior to launching its iPhone app.

About Apartments.com
Apartments.com (http://www.apartments.com/) is the most visited 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 Web site's
foundation of solid partnerships with the local newspaper and television
station Web sites of more than 1,000 newspaper affiliate and strategic
partners across the country include Yahoo! Real Estate, AOL Real Estate,
Univision (www.univision.com), the Chicago Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com),
The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) and the Los Angeles Times
(www.latimes.com). Apartments.com is a division of Chicago-based Classified
Ventures, LLC. Additionally, Apartments.com owns and operates Apartment Home
Living (http://www.apartmenthomeliving.com), a leading social media apartment
Web site 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

Tammy Kotula, Public Relations & Promotions Manager of Apartments.com,
+1-312-601-5249, tkotula@apartments.com