ApartmentList website screenshot

ApartmentList

ApartmentList is a U.S. rental marketplace that uses preference-based matching technology and a guided quiz to pair renters with apartments across all 50 states, covering the full journey from search and tours to applications and lease signing. Founded in 2011 and backed by Matrix Partners among other investors, the company operates a two-sided marketplace connecting renters with property managers and landlords, and publishes widely cited rental-market research through its Rentonomics research program. It was added to the API Evangelist network as a consumer-sector company profile; enrichment probing found a production website with SPF/DMARC email protection and TLS 1.3 but no public developer API, developer portal, OpenAPI, SDKs, or /.well-known discovery surface.

ApartmentList is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Real Estate, Rentals, and Marketplace.

ApartmentList’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 4 more developer resources.

11.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyConsumerReal EstateRentalsMarketplacePropTechHousingResearch

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.4/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apartmentlist Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: apartmentlist
name: ApartmentList
description: ApartmentList is a U.S. rental marketplace that uses preference-based matching technology and a guided quiz to
  pair renters with apartments across all 50 states, covering the full journey from search and tours to applications and lease
  signing. Founded in 2011 and backed by Matrix Partners among other investors, the company operates a two-sided marketplace
  connecting renters with property managers and landlords, and publishes widely cited rental-market research through its Rentonomics
  research program. It was added to the API Evangelist network as a consumer-sector company profile; enrichment probing found
  a production website with SPF/DMARC email protection and TLS 1.3 but no public developer API, developer portal, OpenAPI,
  SDKs, or /.well-known discovery surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apartmentlist/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- matrix-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
image: https://www.apartmentlist.com/favicon.ico
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Real Estate
- Rentals
- Marketplace
- PropTech
- Housing
- Research
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apartmentlist-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://apartmentlist.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.apartmentlist.com/blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.apartmentlist.com/about/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.apartmentlist.com/about/terms
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence