Rental data out of date

Would-be tenants searching for their ideal home on the internet have a one in three chance of being disappointed because the property they would like to rent has already been let. This is the key finding of research[1] carried out by online property rental specialist upad.co.uk.


A sample taken from four of the major property portals identified a total of 146 properties repeated on the same website, and 323 that were no longer available to be let.

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James Davis, founder of upad, commented: “Hunting for somewhere new to live is stressful enough, so it is worrying to see that anyone doing an online search in the UK has a one in three chance of receiving details of a property that has already been let. This wastes time and causes disappointment and frustration – it is also completely unnecessary.



“Agents are clearly uploading their entire stock to the portals, and this is giving users a bad experience.


When it comes to finding property to rent, people often identify with websites that display out-of-date information, and offer a poor online experience. Research shows that 83 percent of UK internet users are unhappy with their property search experience (FindsYou.com 2008 research), and 39 percent of renters state that out-of-date information has been the biggest problem when looking for rental property (rentright.co.uk 2007 survey).


upad is a free online rentals service, to help renters find available properties both quickly and easily. With over 82,000 listings, it has the largest selection of rental property available in London today.