See 5 award-winning RentCafe websites

Feb 17, 2023

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Your property and company websites are the ultimate digital destinations for your customers. They should look good and function well to create the best customer experience for renters looking for a place to live.

At REACH, our team partners with property management companies all over the U.S. to create award-winning RentCafe websites that meet (and exceed) these criteria.

While our creative services division has the ability to create custom websites, it’s not just custom sites winning awards. Our standard themes are so fast, accessible and flexible, that they’ve won too.

Check out a few award-winning RentCafe property websites to see what’s making waves in property marketing circles. Maybe you’ll get inspired for a new project or some quick updates.

MHN Excellence Awards: Fogelman Properties & Pangea Real Estate

When the MHN Excellence Awards were announced in December 2022, two of the three winners in the Best Website category were RentCafe websites.

Screenshot of The Edison Apartments website, a Fogelman Properties website made using RentCafe

The Edison Apartments website by Fogelman Properties won silver. Using vibrant photos, video tours and detailed copy, it invites prospective renters to explore the property. Calls-to-action encourage users to take the next step, whether that’s viewing an interactive floor plan gallery or scheduling a guided or self-guided tour.

Screenshot of the Pangea Real Estate website homepage

The Pangea Real Estate website won bronze. This RentCafe website is a great example of a centralized corporate site that allows you to find apartments by city. Fun to note, Pangea also won MHN Excellence awards for Best Marketing Strategy and Best Social Media Strategy.

Hermes Creative Awards: Towne Properties

Two of Towne Properties’ award-winning websites won gold Hermes Awards for website redesign: hiltopapthomes.com and galbraithpointeapts.com

Screenshot of the Hilltop Apartment Homes website, a RentCafe template website adapted to fit Towne Properties' branding
Screenshot of Galbraith Pointe Apartments website

The team at Towne started with RentCafe website themes, then added vibrant branding, copy and imagery to bring each property to life.

Read the full story.

MFE Awards: Local by Laramar

Screenshot of Local by Laramar website

The Local by Laramar marketing campaign won an MFE Award for Marketing & Advertising. Its website was conceived as part of the campaign, then integrated and built using RentCafe. It received high praise.

Localbylaramar.com … delivers a responsive design allowing it to adapt to any device, full integration with unit pricing/availability and online leasing, a resident portal for online payments and service requests, and easy resident communication.”

Curious to see what’s possible?

Our design team is second to none. We stay on top of apartment marketing trends and work hard to match designs to your customer and community. We will follow your brand guidelines and can even help you create a style guide if you don’t have one.

Whether you’re interested in a custom site that’s 100% unique to you or a personalized standard theme, every RentCafe website is engineered to drive conversions.

Request a free consultation, and we’ll get in touch!

Geneva Ives

Geneva Ives is the manager of marketing content at Yardi. She leads content initiatives for REACH by RentCafe. Writing may be her first love, but data is a close second. Geneva is based in Santa Barbara, California.

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