How To Advertise Your Buy-To-Let On Rightmove
22 Aug 2008UPDATE: This article no longer remains valid. Please go here, How Landlords Can Advertise And Find Tenants On Popular Websites Like Rightmove for an updated and more useful article.
A Landlord friend of mine asked me whether he could advertise a buy-to-let property on Rightmove, even though he’s a private landlord. Most people know that Rightmove only deals with Estate agents and Letting agents. While that is true, there is still a way for a private landlord to advertise on Rightmove for an extremely reasonable price.
There’s a site called www.letmatch.co.uk, which lets landlords advertise their property for free. I’m not entirely sure how popular or affective their service is, but I imagine it’s no way near as effective as Rightmove. But the good news is, it’s a free service. Yes, you get to advertise your property for free!!
Anyways, if you register to letmatch and create a profile for the property you want to let. While you create the profile, towards the end of the process, you get the option to add the listing to Rightmove for a fee of £25. It’s a fair deal.

Simply tick the box and follow the instructions. It’s as simple as that.
How does Letmatch do it?
They work in partnership with a letting agent. In fact, this is what their disclaimer says:
This unique offer is only available due to the our partnership with Visum Lettings and their ‘tenant finding service’. You are not signing any contract with the agency for any further services; they simply have an advertising agreement with us which facilitates this amazing offer.
So Visum Lettings subscribes to Rightmove as a letting agent, and then work in partnership with Letmatch to help get rental properties in the books. From what i’m aware of, Rightmove charge £495 per month for an estate agent to advertise properties on their site.
I’m pretty sure that’s how the system works. However, don’t quote me on the actual Rightmove subscription charge of £495, that’s just something I heard from the grapevine, but it sounds about right to be honest.
So that’s it. If you’re a private landlord and want to appear on Rightmove for £25, go over to Letmatch and register for free, and tick the Rightmove option when you create a profile for your property.
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cant imaging they would be effective.
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I would be interested in anyone who says it is worth it. Does the Ad appear on rightmove in the right area etc... or has anyone come across any hiccups.
Many Thanks
Lisa
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I used the service. I wrote my thoughts here: My Experience With Letmatch To Advertise A BTL On Rightmove
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THANKS.
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They do a whole range of services including a national advertising only service. They will advertise your property on 5 websites including Rightmove.
They only charged me £60 and provided an excellent service including vetting any prospective tenants to my requirements.
I would definately recommend them to anyone.
A1 service!!!
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They charge £25 a month and send all leads straight to you. Fantastic!
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Many thanks for letting me know. I have updated the article with a disclaimer :)
The new LetMatch website is MUCH improved. I didn't think it would ever happen!
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