Deals for forrent.com, nestoria.co.uk

Both US rentals portal forrent.com and UK property search engine nestoria.co.uk have announced new listings partnerships over the past few days.

forrent.com, which recently moved from 16th to 14th place on the Hitwise list of US real estate websites, is now powering the apartment section on chicago.com.

chicago.com covers housing as well as hotels, events and local guides. “This partnership has the potential to generate a significant amount of leads for property managers in the Chicago area and generate more awareness for Chicago apartments,” said Terry Slattery, president of For Rent Media Solutions.

In the UK, nestoria.co.uk is now featuring listings from luvthecity.com. This city centre property portal, launched for Manchester in September last year, has now expanded to cover Leeds, London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Cardiff, Sheffield, Plymouth, Bristol and Bradford.

The latest partnership for nestoria.co.uk follows on from its April deal to list Northern Irish properties from daft.com.

1. homes.com Links with forrent.com

   US property portals are quickly realising that rental listings are becoming a priority for home hunters. trulia.com came out with its rent vs buy index in early June, and homes.com quickly followed with a more prominent rentals section. Now, homes.com has gone one step further, linking with forrent.com to give users access to more rental listings....

2. Expansion Plans at luvthecity.com

   When UK property portal luvthecity.com first launched in Manchester late last year, director Julian Bovis admitted “we don’t really have a great commercial strategy as yet”. But something must be working at the new portal, as Liverpool and Leeds have now been added to the areas luvthecity.com covers....

3. nestoria.co.uk Partners With AOL

   nestoria.co.uk has announced a partnership with AOL. ...

4. forrent.com Rentals on homes.com

   Sister companies in the Dominion Enterprises fold, forrent.com and homes.com, are collaborating with a partnership they hope will provide additional exposure for property managers and offer multiple housing solutions for homeowners. ...

5. forrent.com Now Offers Layar Search

   forrent.com, a US apartment search website, has joined the growing number of real estate websites providing an augmented reality property search using Layar’s technology. A statement on the website explains the application is free and works on iPhone 3GS and Google Android mobiles. It will show users all the available apartments on forrent.com within a 10-mile radius....