Update on House Hunting 2012

We are now eight weeks in to house hunting (Saturday 14th January 2012 to 12th March 2012):

Lettings statistics

There have been 12,620 off-street bed spaces advertised to date (29th February 2012) compared to 10,841 in 2011. This is an increase of 16.4%.
Of those advertised in 2012, 45% have been let (5703 bed spaces) compared to 42% in 2011 (4555 bed spaces) during the same period.
There have been over 143,000 searches conducted since the start of house hunting on Saturday 14 January.
Unipol Code properties have let faster than Non-Code properties as 86% of properties let until the end of February were covered by the Unipol Code. Both of the Universities have been actively promoting the importance of Unipol Code accreditation and the figures above prove that the message is getting across to students and Code accreditation plays a big role in their decision to rent a property.

Date	Searches
Monday 5th March	1121
Tuesday 6th March	913
Wednesday 7th March	900
Thursday 8th March	832
Friday 9th March	823
Saturday 10th March	767
Sunday 11th March	698

The current search figures by each day can be viewed at the bottom of the "Property Search" page in small type right at the end of the page and these are updated every hour or so.

The March edition of the Unipol tabloid is out now.

The tabloid is a hugely popular an important publication that gives students information about the housing market as well as featuring adverts from Unipol Code landlords and agents. We are expecting search activity on the website to rise following the distribution to student halls, the Royal Mail distribution to LS6 and LS4 and several promotional events across the institutions.

A wide range of properties are available from 1 bed to 15 bed properties and rooms in Large Developments.

Ready, Steady Go!

You can choose from over 13,000 bed spaces on the Unipol website, including 100 or so houses from the Unipol portfolio. Look who is sitting pretty now!

So Unipol is the place to start, why?

Recommended by your university and students’ union, it offers the largest choice of accredited properties in Leeds, displayed all on one website for you to compare. What could be easier? And what’s more all our services are FREE.

So how do I start?

Start by deciding:

who you want to live with
what type of property you’re after
your preferred area.

Now it’s time to do your property search

TOP TIP: To get the most out of our website you could take a couple of minutes off before you get started and watch our video (available in the house hunting section). Harriet will talk you through how to use us, offering advice along the way.

So what do we have available?

We advertise our own properties alongside many private landlords and agents, the vast majority of which are members of the Unipol Code. Check if your potential landlord or agent is accredited
The Unipol website will display properties from 1 bed up to 15 beds and there are more than enough to go around!
We also display over 1,500 rooms available in accredited large developments around the city.
We have rooms if you are looking on your own as well as for full and part groups