headquarters san francisco ca usa area served united states of america founder s john helm industry real estate employees 500 parent realpage slogan s rent an apartment find a home website mynewplace.com type of site apartment and home rental listings launched may 2006 mynewplace is one of the largest apartment listing websites in the united states . the site lists apartments and homes for rent along with city information pages rental living resources and multiple ways for users to view properties and neighborhood information they re interested in . mynewplace is headquartered in san francisco in the soma neighborhood but is owned by realpage based out of carrollton texas . contents 1 history 2 products 3 website features 4 investors 5 references 6 external links history edit mynewplace was founded by john helm in 2005 and went live in may 2006 with 6 million apartment listings nationwide . 1 the san francisco based company operates on a pay per qualified lead pricing model in which apartment managers pay only when renters contact them through their listings on mynewplace . john helm had previously started allapartments springstreet which became the internet s biggest apartment rental site before its sale to homestore move.com in 1999 . 2 products edit mynewplace offers consumers the ability to view properties on their mobile devices or from the comfort of their computer . currently applications are available for both ios and android devices . website features edit mynewplace incorporates social networking features like facebook connect and post to twitter . 3 in july 2009 mynewplace launched a mynewplace iphone app incorporating gps based apartment search and the ability to take notes and photos on listings . 4 investors edit mynewplace was initially backed by splitrock partners sutter hill ventures and trinity ventures and is also backed by some of a number of real estate investment trusts including united dominion realty trust udr essex property trust marcus & millichap venture partners conam management corporation the lane company and cowboy properties . in august 2011 mynewplace was bought by national real estate company realpage for 74.4 million . 5 references edit mynewplace promises easier apartment hunting exec stakes a new claim to some familiar territory mynewplace s apartment search goes social 15 real estate related iphone apps you need to check out mynewplace s purchased for 74.4 million external links edit mynewplace.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mynewplace & oldid 716939428 categories online real estate databases navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 april 2016 at 20 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view