92% of tenants are now searching online for properties and over half would prefer to meet their landlord. To meet these changes in a growing market, Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has partnered with Upad, the online lettings company, to launch Telegraph Private Lettings.

The new service available at Telegraph.upad.co.uk will provide professional and 'accidental landlords' across the UK with a quick and efficient way of finding tenants, ensuring vacant properties are filled and void periods minimised.

With almost half of UK private landlords now no longer using traditional high street letting agents, Telegraph Private Lettings has embraced Upad's revolutionary model tailored to self-managing landlords, to find and secure tenants.

James Davis, CEO and Founder, Upad, said: "We are very proud to announce the launch of Telegraph Private Lettings. We have for some years now believed in a better way of letting properties, putting landlords and tenants directly in touch with each other and it's brilliant to have such a respected media brand such as TMG support our way of doing things. I have no doubt that Telegraph Private Lettings will be hugely popular with today's landlords across the UK."

Telegraph Private Lettings offers landlords a complete lettings service for a flat fee of only £299 (+ VAT) which includes professional photography and a floor plan, a 'To Let' board erected outside the property and advertising across all major UK lettings sites as well as comprehensive tenant referencing, drawing up of the tenancy agreement, deposit registration and crucially, rent collection.

Having let over 4,000 properties over the past 12 months alone, with an average of 16 tenant enquiries per property, readers will benefit from Upad's market leading expertise in online lettings as well as a customer service rated five star by other landlords.

In addition Telegraph readers who register with Telegraph Private Lettings will also receive an exclusive £40 gift card redeemable against their next property listing.

Nigel Leigh, Head of Digital, TMG, said: "We have seen a marked increase in interest in lettings from our readers in recent times and with the current state of the housing market it's only going to rise further; it is for this reason that we believe the time is right to launch Telegraph Private Lettings.

"As ever, we strive to offer the very best services to our readers and that is why we have chosen to partner with Upad whose solid track record, numerous industry awards and five star customer reviews make this a brand you can trust to deliver."

For more information about Telegraph Private Lettings please visit Telegraph.upad.co.uk or contact Charlotte Ashton at AB Property Marketing on charlotte@abpropertymarketing.co.uk or call 020 3137 8035.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

About Telegraph Media Group

Telegraph Media Group Limited publishes The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Telegraph and The Telegraph weekly world edition.  This is a wholly owned subsidiary of Press Holdings Limited.

UPAD Fast Facts:

•             The market leading online lettings company.

•             UPAD follow one simple belief that landlords are better than agents at showing properties.

•             UPAD have let over 4000 properties in the last 12 months with over 800 properties across the UK currently available now.

•             They receive around 20,000 tenant enquiries per month.

•             Landlords can list their properties on all the major lettings sites including Rightmove, FindaProperty, Zoopla, Gumtree and Prime Location.

•             Upad also offer a full range of lettings services for the more hands-off landlord including room or property listing, professional photographs, floor plans, to-let board, handling of tenant enquiries, tenant referencing and administration including gas safety and energy performance certification and even rent collection.