Hamptons International

Thousands of quality properties from the 50-plus branch network of this long-established market leader that operates towards the mid and upper end of the market throughout the South and South East of England. Detailed or simple search criteria return the main property details, which then link to further information on the property, as well as location maps, area information and local price data, some of which is only available to registered users.

Loot

Online version of the top classifieds publication, providing over 11,000 properties to rent across the UK. Simple search but none of the ads have photos. Tells you when ads were posted.

Belvoir!

Belvoir is a specialist property management and lettings agency with a network of 72 branches covering much of the UK, each of which is independently owned and managed by locals from the area in which the office is located. The strongly-branded website has an excellent supply of rental properties from around the country and the company also offers management and a buy to let service to private and investment landlords.

Find A Property

Integrated partner search from Find A Property with houses, flats, land and commercial property to rent or buy across the UK, Europe and even worldwide. Coverage is superb in London and the South East of England, with many thousands of properties. Simple listings are displayed here, with full details on the agents' own websites, with photos and other information according to their particular style.

Rentamatic

Up and coming rental site with bags of potential. Search for properties on a county-level, with London broken down into regions, as are the directories of lettings agents and local recruiters. Useful tools include the ability to post your ad for wanted property, flatshare searches and informing local agents by e-mail of your property requirements.

Letalife.com

Extremely useful site, offering a free service for Landlords, Tenants and Agents. The service is basically a massive letting directory, which contains details of over 6000 Letting Agents and Free Local Letting Adverts categorised under 1,700+ individual towns and villages.

Gumtree
http://www.gumtree.com/

Now one of the largest online communities in London with sites all over the UK, used by thousands more travellers before they arrive in the UK. 20,000 new flatshare ads per month, subscribe or post an Ad for free. The site allows you to browse jobs, find flatmates, buy stuff for sale, find a dream date and more.

UK Homesalez

An easy way to buy or sell real estate online - from new homes to resale properties, they've helped thousands homeowners, buyers, sellers, agents, landlords and developers advertise their properties & respective services. Offering regional, keyword and advanced search features to find property listings in Canada, Australia the US & UK.

Propertyfinder

Propertyfinder is widely regarded as offering one of the biggest and best selections of premier property in the UK, with particularly strong coverage in London and the South East. A simple, effective search quickly returns the properties that meet your criteria, for which viewings can be arranged on line. Other features include an online information request, pictures and location maps.

HouseWeb

A clean looking site that is easy to use. The features and guides are excellent as is the navigation plus it has plenty of property. However, it does cost œ47 plus to advertise and only allows one photo.