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Apps to Get: Zumper

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BC chapter.

 

Moving off campus? Going abroad? Graduating? There’re any number of reasons why one might be searching for an apartment, and everyone is faced with the same issue: how do you find the right one? As it turns out, there’s an app for that.

Campus Rep Varsha Ramesh shares with us the hottest new resource for apartment- hunters: Zumper.  Since its inception in 2011, Zumper has made it a mission to provide accurate, crucial information to college hunters to make the apartment-search easier.

“The site is very well-organized and its user interface is fast and easy to use, especially in comparison to other websites like Craigslist,” says Varsha. “They have built direct relationships with the leading landlords and brokers in America, in order to market these apartments directly to the Zumper customer community. This ensures that the apartment listings users see are accurate and legitimate.”

The site utilizes “neighborhood pages” on its interface so that browsing is quick and easy. Zumper’s system currently includes conclusive information for New York, San Francisco, and Chicago—some of the most popular sites for BC and college grads everywhere.

As Varsha says, “All in all, Zumper is a great place to start finding apartment rentals simply because it’s efficient, safe, and personalized.”

Caitlin is currently a student at Boston College studying English and Pre-Law.  At BC, she is a member of the Boston College Irish Dance Club, on the Honors Program Student Executive Board's Community Service Committee, and interns and writes for the fashion and culture blog Rusted Revolution.  She has been wriring for Her Campus BC since Jaunary 2011 and is serving as BC's Campus Correspondent for the 2012-2013 school year.  Outside of school, she is a competitive Irish dancer, and has been dancing for 18 years. During her high school career, she completed an engineering project at Case Western Reserve University that made her one of 40 Intel Science Talent Search Finalists in 2009.   In addition to all of this, Caitlin loves reading, yoga, running, shopping, spending time with friends and family, and traveling.