VaultWare Online Marketing Index — June 2009

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Online Leasing Results

2008 Online Leasing Highlights

  • Over 9 million people used VaultWare to help them find an apartment in 2008 with more than 1 million apartment hunters using the service in July alone.
  • From 2007 to 2008 there was a 45% increase in total online apartment Reservations made and a 91% increase over 2006.
  • VaultWare powered properties enjoyed a 54% increase in Check Availability sessions per property and a 26% increase in per property Reservations over 2007.
  All VaultWare Powered Sites
  Unique Availability
Sessions / Property
Reservations / Property
Jul 08 417.3 10.4
Aug 08 348.5 8.5
Sep 08 304.1 7.5
Oct 08 272.1 6.0
Nov 08 249.8 5.6
Dec 08 239.4 5.3
Jan 09 323.4 6.6
Feb 09 290.7 6.1
Mar 09 364.5 7.5
Apr 09 336.1 7.5
May 09 331.8 8.1
Jun 09 329.4 8.3
Total 3806.9 87.3
Avg 317.2 7.3

Real Live Results Benchmarking

The VaultWare Online Marketing Index enables multifamily professionals to benchmark their individual property or their portfolios’ online leasing results against industry averages. Armed with this information, property managers can better assess their online advertising performance and online leasing initiatives.

The Marketing Index metrics are based on the aggregated results of over 100 different VaultWare powered management companies. Properties who use VaultWare Best Practices maximize their results and experience the most online leasing action. Results depend on advertising plans, ad content, market conditions, location, property characteristics and efforts to market online leasing capabilities through traditional and non-traditional marketing and sales channels.

VaultWare Online Marketing Index Summary
Online Leasing Results Per Property

Unique Availability Sessions Per Property

This chart shows the average number of unique availability sessions VaultWare properties experience each month.

VaultWare Online Leasing User Sessions for All ILS' in the VaultWare Distribution Network - 2009

Reservations Per Property

This chart shows the average number of reservations VaultWare properties receive each month.

VaultWare Online Leasing Reservations for All ILS' in the VaultWare Distribution Network - 2009