You can now look for homes to rent on Facebook Marketplace – but is it any good?
The social network giant has teamed up with property agents Zoopla and and OnTheMarket to list their rentals on Facebook
TENANTS will soon be able to search through thousands of properties to rent by using Facebook Marketplace.
Zoopla and and OnTheMarket have teamed up with the social media giant to showcase all of the rental properties that are already listed on their own sites.
The service is already popular in the US which has triggered a roll out in the UK and Canada.
Some local agencies have also already begun listing their properties on the UK's platform, but the number of properties advertised on there is currently minimal.
A collaboration with Zoopla and OnTheMarket will add hundreds of thousands more properties to the search.
The social media network launched Marketplace in 2016 and is Facebook's answer to Gumtree.
Sellers can list items they're looking to flog online and buyers can search for items for sale in their local area.
Unlike sites such as eBay, payments are made between the seller and buyer, and Facebook doesn't handle any of the cash.
The property service will work in the same way as the rest of Facebook Marketplace.
Potential renters will be able to type in their criteria - for example "one-bed flat, Sheffield" - in the search tool to bring up results.
When Facebook users find a property they like, they'll need to click on the agent's name and get in touch via the normal Zoopla and OnTheMarket contact pages on their websites.
But one of the UK's biggest property websites, Rightmove, has decided that it won't be listing rentals on the social network, although it didn't specify why.
This means that if renters want to see an even vaster range of properties up for grabs then they are better off checking both Facebook Marketplace and Rightmove.
Facebook is already rolling out the service to some locations but it hopes the service will be up and running in full in the next few days.
A spokesperson for Facebook said: "With this home rentals experience, we hope to make it even easier for people in the UK to find their next home."
Landlords could soon be banned from charging tenants rip-off fees over damaged items.
Potential tenants have also been warned about fake landlords who are tricking them out of thousands of pounds with new scams, designed to make you think you're paying to rent a new flat.
Rent prices could soar by 15 per cent over the next five years as the supply of new properties entering the market "dries up", an industry expert has warned.
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