Flatmatch.com student rental site partners with NUS Extra

Oct. 7, 2010 - PRLog -- "Whilst we’re not solely a student rental site”, says Sunil Varma, Managing Director of Flatmatch.com, “we realised that with the student population comprising nearly 50% of the rental market, they were an important part of the rental world. Our partnership with the NUS discount cards NUS Extra, the number one discount card for students, and their new Graduate Extra card enables us to offer a range of exclusive rewards and benefits to a verified audience of students and new graduates”

Flatmatch’s different outlook on the highly competitive online property market also looks set to raise a few eyebrows and have a few of the established players thinking long and hard. So what have they got under the bonnet that’s making the market sit up and take notice?

“What we’re particularly proud of are our innovative Flat Share Groups. These FSGs allow you to create interest groups for specific properties. Other prospective tenants can view your group and apply to join. After you have viewed their blind profile, you can choose to allow them to join your group, quickly building up a group of likeminded flat sharers who have been matched by over 100 different criteria to help ensure the best possible compatibility.

“On the letting agent side, our functionality allows the agent to split a property, originally listed as single tenancy, into an HMO without relisting. We can allocate extra receptions as additional bedrooms and even suggest a new ‘per room’ rental amount. The Flatmatch system accepts feeds from Estate Agents both in Rightmove V3 format and through the new agreement with Portal Manager/Ziptog.

What’s more, we are currently waiving our listing fees. All accredited agents who sign up with will be able to list their properties for free, paying only upon a successful tenancy. A truly risk free solution in these hard, economic times.”

Flatmatch has indeed got off to a flying start!