Does anyone know of an obsure apartment listing website which
calculates average rents in the san francisco area by neighborhoods
and bedrooms (it uses craigslist data to produce a clickable
matrix of average prices)?  HINT-it's not www.housingmaps.com or
www.rent-sf.com but a simpler white background blue text interface I
think made by a stanford or berkeley student.

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Clarification of Question by goodpanda-ga on 12 Sep 2005 16:58 PDT

Ooops I meant obscure, not "Obsure".

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 13 Sep 2005 01:19 PDT

Hi goodpanda,

When was the last time you visited this website? Why do you believe it
to be obscure? Does this website provide information only for San
Francisco? Is there any text used in the website or a part of the name
you can remember? Any additional details you can provide will help in
this search. Thanks.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 13 Sep 2005 01:27 PDT

Is this the website?

http://fastbusy.com/

Rainbow~

Hi goodpanda,

According to the description you provided "but a simpler white
background blue text interface I think made by a stanford or berkeley
student", I'm fairly certain the website I posted in my clarification
is the site you are looking for.

Fastbusy
http://fastbusy.com/


Search strategy:
While doing a normal search with Google, which resulted in little
information, I found an article using these search words:
craigslist "average rent" "san francisco" neighborhood bedrooms 

From Google search:
MercuryNews.com | 07/28/2004 | Notes from the Net: Fake blogger ...
Gross groups the listings By size (one bedroom, two bedroom, etc.) and neighborhood
or city and displays the average rent price for each category. ...
www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9263162.htm - Supplemental
Result - Similar pages

Clicking on the link gives "The requested article was not found."

I used the Wayback Machine to retrieve an archive of the page:

Here's an excerpt:

"...But as good as it is, Adam Gross thought it could be a tad better.
Toward that end, Gross created a Web site called Fastbusy.com that
repackages Craigslist apartment listings in a way that makes the
information more useful.
Looking for an apartment in West San Jose? A quick peek at Fastbusy
tell us that, as of Tuesday, there were 14 two-bedrooms listed for an
average price of $1,314.
Gross groups the listings by size (one bedroom, two bedroom, etc.) and
neighborhood or city and displays the average rent price for each
category. Colored icons indicate whether an apartment has hardwood
floors, parking or a deck..."
http://web.archive.org/web/20041027212216/http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9263162.htm


I then searched for Adam Gross to verify he was affiliated with either
Berkeley or Stanford. See here:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/e_spkr/1043


I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions regarding my answer,
or find this is not the website you are looking for, please don?t
hesitate to ask for further assistance before rating.

Best regards,
Rainbow

You are the best!!  I spent nearly 4 hours doing google searching with
all types of different combinations of keywords.  I can't believe you
found it.  I'm truly amazed.  You are the best!

Very nice find, rainbow-ga.  That definitely looks like the site that
was described.

paf

goodpanda-
I'm glad I was able to help. 
Thank you very much for the nice comments, the rating and tip.
Best wishes,
Rainbow