to help integrate it into the encyclopedia . please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message propertyshark industry real estate founded 2002 founder matthew haines headquarters 370 lexington ave 2100 new york ny 10017 products property information foreclosures comparables leads maps listings website www.propertyshark.com propertyshark is a real estate website that provides in depth data for approximately 90 million properties in new york city los angeles san francisco bay area and other major us markets . the company was founded in 2002 by real estate investor and programmer matthew haines and is headquartered in new york new york . as of march 30 2010 propertyshark operates as a subsidiary of yardi systems inc. 1 aggregating data and listings from a number of public and proprietary sources propertyshark provides property reports pre foreclosure and foreclosure listings sales comparables maps and building photos as well as for sale lease listings of homes and commercial properties . named one of the top 50 best websites of 2009 by time.com 2 the website caters mainly to real estate professionals investors and home buyers . while a free basic membership option is available a paid subscription is required in order to access some features and tools . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 expansion 1.2 purchase by yardi systems 2 references history edit in late 2002 matthew haines had just finished renovating a 5 family brownstone in harlem ; when trying to rent out the apartments he realized that in order to significantly increase the value of his property the neighborhood would have to get better . for that to happen he needed to find a way to make homebuyers feel comfortable with the idea of buying properties in the area . so matthew set out to pull together information from a variety of sources to make it easier for people to buy and renovate properties in harlem . 4 after having completed his research in december 2002 matthew created the first version of what is today the propertyshark.com website in his apartment in new york city . he spent new year s eve putting the finishing touches on the site and launched it under the name matthewhaines.com on january 1 2003 followed by nycpropertyresearch.com later that month . expansion edit by february 2003 propertyshark was expanding releasing its foreclosure listings service that brought the company its first mention in the new york times . 5 in 2006 propertyshark rounded out its management team with the hiring of bill staniford as vice president of sales and brian scully as vice president of marketing . 6 in 2008 propertyshark added its listbuilder tool recently renamed leads that allows real estate professionals and others to create lists of property owners and contact information based on user specified criteria and export them to create mailing labels . 7 purchase by yardi systems edit in march 2010 investment and property management software company yardi systems acquired propertyshark.com with plans of expanding its services nationwide . yardi reportedly acquired the company to integrate deep property data into the yardi suite of real estate investment management and property management software . 8 references edit company overview of property research partners llc . bloomberg businessweek . bloomberg . fisher adam august 24 2009 . 50 best websites 2009 . time magazine . time.com . propertyshark chomps on real estate data . inman news . darlin damon november 5 2015 . location location location . research research . the new york times . retrieved 27 november 2013 . hall trish june 1 2003 . habitats 111 west 117th street ; actors buy harlem home in need of sweat equity . the new york times . retrieved 27 november 2013 . propertyshark.com announces hire of vp of sales and vp of marketing . propertyshark . june 14 2006 . retrieved 23 january 2015 . propertyshark reveals 411 on homeowners . inman news . april 23 2008 . retrieved 27 november 2013 . fung amanda march 31 2010 . california firm swallows propertyshark whole . crain s new york . 1 joyce cohen . finding a vacant lot to buy . the new york times . retrieved april 13 2007 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title propertyshark & oldid 739081198 categories online real estate databasesreal estate in the united statesonline real estate companiesreal estate valuationhidden categories articles with too few wikilinks from february 2014all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from february 2014all articles covered by wikiproject wikify 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 12 september 2016 at 17 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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