{"id":1836,"date":"2014-05-24T17:41:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2014-05-24T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T21:42:48","slug":"all-new-rental-heatmaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/all-new-rental-heatmaps\/","title":{"rendered":"All-new Rental Heatmaps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been hard at work building exciting new site features that will help you find a new rental home faster and more effectively than ever. One of those new features is our Rental Heatmaps. (Our friends at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ny.curbed.com\/archives\/2014\/05\/22\/heatmap_visualizes_hot_or_not_neighborhoods_for_rentals.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curbed NY<\/a>\u00a0wrote about the Heatmaps last week!)<\/p>\n<h2>What are Rental Heatmaps?<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0Rental Heatmaps\u00a0give access for the first time to aggregated real-time rental price data at the neighborhood level for many major metro areas in an easy-to-use map-based format. The Heatmaps show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile, 50<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile and 75<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile rents for different floorplans in each neighborhood;<\/li>\n<li>For each neighborhood, a comparison of the neighborhood\u2019s median rent to the overall metro area\u2019s median rent; and<\/li>\n<li>Year-over-year rent trends on a per-neighborhood basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why are we so excited? Sometimes a more expensive apartment may actually be a better deal than a cheaper apartment when you look at all of the neighborhood data.\u00a0The Heatmaps allow you\u00a0to make \u2018apples to apples\u2019 comparisons so you can identify those great deals and have an early-mover advantage to nabbing a great apartment or rental home.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Use Rental Heatmaps<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0Heatmaps are free to access and easy to use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On <a href=\"www.renthop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RentHop<\/a>, select \u201cView Map\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>Go to the metro area in which you\u2019re interested;<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cShow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/guides\/nyc\/what-neighborhood-is-right-for-me-nyc\">Neighborhoods<\/a>\u201d on the right side of the screen, and<\/li>\n<li>Roll your cursor over the neighborhoods you want to see.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; background-color: #e7edf7; border-radius: 4px; margin: 40px auto 40px auto; text-align: left; padding: 24px 20px 4px 20px;\">Learn more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/new-constructions-in-new-york-city\/\">New Construction Apartments in New York City<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/emergency-survival-kit-checklist\/\">NYC Emergency Kit Checklist: What to Prepare and Why<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"Using RentHop to Find Your Next Place: A First-Hand Account\">Using RentHop to Find Your Next Place: A First-Hand Account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can easily toggle between the regular view, the Neighborhood Price Heatmap and YoY Price Heatmap and can view listings while the Rental Heatmaps are activated. 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