San Francisco, CA (August 7, 2024) — Today, Zumper, North America’s largest privately owned rental marketplace, announces a data partnership with Statistics Canada that will help develop publicly available rent price indices and estimates. This collaboration will offer a clearer picture of the country’s rental market dynamics by enhancing the understanding and tracking of housing trends across Canada.
Through this partnership, Zumper will provide Statistics Canada with detailed data on asking rents and other listing features. This information, combined with other sources, will enable the development of new, publicly accessible data by Statistics Canada that will measure the change in rent costs over time and ultimately aid the government, researchers, and the general public in ongoing housing affordability discussions.
“Our mission has always been to make renting easier and more transparent for everyone,” said Anthemos Georgiades, CEO of Zumper. “By providing our data to Statistics Canada, we are bringing a new level of precision and scope to the understanding of rental market trends that affect both renters and property owners across the country.”
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About Zumper:
Zumper is the largest privately owned rental platform in North America with more than 76 million site visits a year. Zumper is on a mission to make renting a home as easy as booking a hotel. To date, Zumper has raised over $178 million from Kleiner Perkins, Goodwater Capital, Headline, Dawn Capital, and the Blackstone Group. Learn more at https://zumperblog.kinsta.cloud.
About Statistics Canada:
Statistics Canada is the national statistical office. The agency ensures Canadians have the key information on Canada’s economy, society and environment that they require to function effectively as citizens and decision makers. For more information about Statistics Canada, visit https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/start.
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