3/25/14
Rental apartment listings at Trulia surface a bright “Contact Property” link that badly misleads renters. When you submit information via the link, you may...
11/11/13
Misleading renters is the core competency of Chicago’s rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders. It’s about the only thing they do well....
2/13/13
A Trulia consumer survey reveals that 62% of unmarried adults “prefer to date someone who lives alone,” according to a recent Trulia blog post....
1/4/13
We’ve previously criticized Trulia for what we deemed a misleading description of contacts in its rental ads, so it’s only appropriate that we compliment...
1/3/13
We can find many things to criticize about Zillow Rentals, and we’ve already focused on one of them – misleading descriptions of who renters...
1/2/13
You’ll find scores of sleazy rental services on YoChicago’s do-not-call list. In the coming weeks we’ll single out twelve of them – the dirtiest...
12/26/12
The headline makes a broad but defensible claim, and one that reflects grossly indefensible behavior on the part of Zillow, Trulia and hotpads. Chicago’s...
10/5/12
The WAV Group recently published a Redfin-sponsored study comparing listing search results at local brokerage websites in 11 major markets with search results on...
8/3/11
We recently wrote about Trulia’s doomed efforts to cut back on apartment rental scams in its listings. The scams continue, as they always will...
7/31/11
A recent post at TruliaBlog boasted that: As online rentals fraud is becoming an industry-wide problem, Trulia is committed to keeping our rental listings...
1/25/11
It still costs slightly less to buy a two-bedroom home in Chicago than to rent one, as demand for apartments continues to push rental...