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An Airbnb host who let three properties in a city has been fined for using domestic recycling facilities and failing to...
20 May 2022
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A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
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Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
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One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
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Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...
22 April 2022
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Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...
22 March 2022
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The Labour Mayor of Bristol has spoken out about the threat to the mainstream rental sector posed by the proliferation of...
14 March 2022
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Airbnb says it’s been overwhelmed by the support for its initiatives to help Ukraine. As of Tuesday this week there had been...
10 March 2022
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A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
03 March 2022
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A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
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Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...
21 February 2022
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The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...
21 February 2022
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The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...
18 February 2022
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Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
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Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...
07 February 2022
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A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...
07 February 2022
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UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...
01 February 2022
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London-based lettings platform Yorlet has won £350,000 in seed funding to develop its payment Proptec solution. Yorlet was founded by friends Max...
26 January 2022
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One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...
25 January 2022
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A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...
24 January 2022
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New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...
21 January 2022
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Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...
18 January 2022
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Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
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MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
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A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
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Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...
05 January 2022
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A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...
23 December 2021
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The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...
17 December 2021
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Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
14 December 2021
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Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...
06 December 2021
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A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...
30 November 2021
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A politician is raising the possibility that people who live in private blocks and let out their apartments via Airbnb or...
29 November 2021
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Tesco and Morrison supermarket chains are now selling Airbnb gift cards, which are also available from the short lets platform directly...
29 November 2021
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Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...
23 November 2021
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A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...
23 November 2021
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It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...
19 November 2021
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A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
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Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...
16 November 2021
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Airbnb is adding property characteristics such as verified WiFi speed to its details in a bid to win more business and...
15 November 2021
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The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
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Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...
01 November 2021
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A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
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Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...
12 October 2021
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The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...
11 October 2021
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A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
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A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 2021
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The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...
27 September 2021
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Agency and real estate company JLL is going head-to-head with Airbnb after launching its own short term rentals platform. The website, called...
20 September 2021
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A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...
24 August 2021
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A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...
11 August 2021
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Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...
09 August 2021
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A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...
06 August 2021
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A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...
03 August 2021
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A new survey suggests Airbnb owners are charging over 300 per cent more to stay at their properties during major events...
30 July 2021
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Airbnb has launched a scheme it calls the UK Trust and Safety Alliance to offer hosts information on health, safety and...
23 July 2021
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A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...
02 July 2021
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A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...
28 June 2021
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A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...
23 June 2021
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Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...
18 June 2021
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Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...
07 June 2021
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A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...
01 June 2021
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A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...
27 May 2021
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There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...
19 May 2021
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A landlord who appealed against a local council decision regarding the letting of her apartment on Airbnb has lost - and...
11 May 2021
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Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
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A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...
22 February 2021
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Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...
17 February 2021
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A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...
05 February 2021
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Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...
05 February 2021
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Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...
28 January 2021
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International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...
20 January 2021
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The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
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Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...
22 December 2020
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A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...
11 December 2020
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The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...
10 December 2020
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Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
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Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...
09 November 2020
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An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...
04 November 2020
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Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
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The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...
28 October 2020
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A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...
14 October 2020
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A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...
22 September 2020
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A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...
21 August 2020
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One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
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The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...
14 August 2020
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Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...
10 August 2020
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The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...
10 August 2020
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Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
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The short lets market aimed at international travellers may be in for a difficult time - even the co-founder and chief...
24 July 2020
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The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...
16 July 2020
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Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
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The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
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A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...
07 July 2020
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The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...
26 June 2020
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A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...
24 June 2020
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Airbnb has been ordered to pay some 52,000 euros in compensation to the owner of an apartment in Paris after a...
16 June 2020
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The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...
12 June 2020
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The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...
10 June 2020
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The current restriction on Airbnb-style short lets to 90 nights a year in London could spread to other cities - and...
08 June 2020
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A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
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One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...
19 May 2020
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The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...
18 May 2020
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Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...
07 May 2020
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The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...
30 April 2020
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A short-lets rental platform says it has evidence to show that nights booked in April are down 90 per cent compared...
17 April 2020
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The private equity firm that snapped up Zoopla Property Group two years ago has revealed that it’s one of two companies...
15 April 2020
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A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...
09 April 2020
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A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...
08 April 2020
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A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...
07 April 2020
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Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...
02 April 2020
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There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...
23 March 2020
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The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...
20 March 2020
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It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...
05 March 2020
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Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...
04 March 2020
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The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...
02 March 2020
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The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...
24 February 2020
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A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...
24 February 2020
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A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...
21 February 2020
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Airbnb is reported to have banned under-25s in Canada from booking whole properties in their local areas to prevent potentially-violent house...
07 February 2020
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Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
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Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...
03 February 2020
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Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...
31 January 2020
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New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
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The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...
23 January 2020
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A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...
23 January 2020
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A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...
17 January 2020
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A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...
17 January 2020
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A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
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Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...
10 January 2020
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...
10 January 2020
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A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...
03 January 2020
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A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
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The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...
28 November 2019
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As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...
22 November 2019
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An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...
20 November 2019
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The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
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A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...
07 November 2019
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The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...
04 November 2019
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A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...
31 October 2019
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The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...
23 October 2019
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Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...
22 October 2019
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There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...
30 September 2019
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A new lettings agency has sprung up, catering almost entirely for the burgeoning Airbnb-style short lets market. Shoreside Lettings, based at Cowes...
24 September 2019
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Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
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More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...
28 August 2019
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London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...
27 August 2019
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A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...
08 August 2019
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A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...
05 August 2019
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A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
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A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb. The Times reports that Toby...
30 July 2019
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Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...
23 July 2019
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The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
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Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...
10 July 2019
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A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...
25 June 2019
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A short lets management firm has acquired a PropTech platform and claims it will help owners “see their true profit potentials”...
25 June 2019
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Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...
07 June 2019
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A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
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Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
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A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...
28 May 2019
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The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
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A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...
08 May 2019
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An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...
26 April 2019
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The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...
24 April 2019
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The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...
09 April 2019
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There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...
18 March 2019
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An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...
12 March 2019
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Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...
22 February 2019
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Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...
21 February 2019
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The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...
05 February 2019
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A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...
23 January 2019
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A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...
09 January 2019
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The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...
03 January 2019
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A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...
28 December 2018
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The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...
01 November 2018
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A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...
15 October 2018
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Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...
17 September 2018
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A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...
28 August 2018
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Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...
16 August 2018
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One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...
10 August 2018
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...
08 August 2018
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The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb surged 70 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year. Commercial agency Colliers,...
03 August 2018
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It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...
31 July 2018
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The number of landlords with more than 10 Airbnb accommodations listed in London has risen by 8.4 per cent in the...
26 July 2018
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A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...
19 July 2018
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Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...
18 July 2018
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Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...
17 July 2018
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Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...
16 July 2018
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The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...
10 July 2018
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Buy to let landlords are on the way out and Build To Rent will dominate the sector in the foreseeable future. That’s...
26 June 2018
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A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...
20 June 2018
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Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...
06 June 2018
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London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...
22 May 2018
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An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...
15 May 2018
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...
02 May 2018
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There’s been a huge 43 per cent rise in the number of London properties registered to be short let on Airbnb...
01 May 2018
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Airbnb has announced that it has teamed up with three hosting agencies in the UK in a bid to make the...
17 April 2018
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A short lets management firm claims Londoners who let their homes over the upcoming Easter weekend could bag themselves a small...
28 March 2018
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Airsorted, which describes itself as “the world’s largest hosting management service” says it has secured £5m in funding to expand. Airsorted provides...
14 March 2018
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A new online platform says it allows renters and landlords to review each other and give Trustpilot-style ratings - but it...
06 March 2018
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Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...
22 February 2018
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One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...
06 February 2018
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Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets. The claim comes...
24 January 2018
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An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...
18 January 2018
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Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...
05 January 2018
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A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...
14 December 2017
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A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...
30 November 2017
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A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...
07 November 2017
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The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...
31 October 2017
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What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...
30 October 2017
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A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets. Bartlett, who was previously...
22 September 2017
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More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
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A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...
18 August 2017
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The Residential Landlords’ Association, which last autumn published important statistics on the spread of short lets within London, is now looking...
15 August 2017
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The international backlash against Airbnb and similar short-let online platforms continues. Earlier this week a video being shown on cable TV in the...
11 August 2017
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If you think Airbnb and similar platforms have received a rough ride from some UK letting agencies and the hospitality industry,...
09 August 2017
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A lettings agency that already operates an Airbnb management service has now launched an additional ‘interior styling service’ for landlords who...
08 August 2017
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Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...
29 June 2017
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A new PropTech device aimed at UK owners of foreign holiday homes allows them to control who enters their overseas property...
27 June 2017
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Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...
20 June 2017
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Airbnb has changed details on its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The short-let platform’s website, seen on December...
10 May 2017
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Airbnb, until now regarded as a platform used mainly by holidaymakers, is now preparing a tool that will identify apartments and...
04 May 2017
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Kensington & Chelsea council in central London has set up a series of hotline services and a working party to investigate...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...
04 April 2017
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There are now over 38,000 active listings of London properties on Airbnb according to a monitoring service that analyses the platform’s...
27 March 2017
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Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...
22 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has spotted small print from the Budget that may suggest the government is about to review Rent...
10 March 2017
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...
07 March 2017
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A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London. Lavanda claims it...
21 February 2017
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A company selling management services for owners short-letting their properties says there has been a 136 per cent rise in the...
21 February 2017
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The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...
13 February 2017
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A short-let platform says overseas students may be a new market sector for agents who handle Airbnb-style bookings on behalf of...
07 February 2017
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Data from short lets platform Airbnb reveals that the typical London ‘host’ or landlord made £3,500 from letting a room or property...
31 January 2017
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Airbnb’s co-founder says his short-lets platform will provide free housing “to refugees and anyone not allowed in the US.” The offer, made...
30 January 2017
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An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...
27 January 2017
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Properties let out via Airbnb in the Republic of Ireland may come under greater planning scrutiny. It follows the news that a...
17 January 2017
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No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...
06 January 2017
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Airbnb’s decision to enforce the London-specific legislation which limits hosts to letting their properties for no more than 90 nights a...
05 January 2017
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Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...
22 December 2016
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Another organisation is warning of the dangers if tenants go away at Christmas and sub-let their properties without consent. Total Landlord Insurance,...
19 December 2016
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An online student lettings agency claims there will be a growing number of students using the holiday season to boost their...
13 December 2016
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A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...
09 December 2016
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AirBnB is to stop hosts in London from letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without official consent...
02 December 2016
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Members of the House of Lords have heard about the concerns of a Baroness over landlords who choose not to let...
22 November 2016
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Metro Bank says its residential mortgage customers are now allowed to rent their properties through Airbnb and similar sites for up...
18 November 2016
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Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...
04 November 2016
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Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...
01 November 2016
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A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...
26 October 2016
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A dramatic legal spat between New York’s civic leaders and online short-lets platform Airbnb escalated over the weekend in a dispute...
24 October 2016
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Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...
10 October 2016
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A company called My Property Host is seeking to attract failed sellers to become ‘accidental landlords’ and let out their homes...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...
22 September 2016
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Airbnb has hit back at a claim by the Residential Landlords Association that lets promoted by the firm effectively worsened London’s housing...
01 September 2016
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A landlords’ group says the widespread letting of homes in London on Airbnb and similar platforms is worsening the shortage of...
31 August 2016
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A new kind of what appears to be an online letting agency is launching today to manage properties listed by individuals...
17 August 2016
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Reports from the United States suggest that Airbnb, which has already created a revolution in short-lets, is considering asking house builders...
15 August 2016
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A hospitality start-up company claims the Brexit vote adds to uncertainty in the sales market - and it wants vendors to...
22 July 2016
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An online letting agency claims a third of tenants are subletting without the agreement of their landlord, with an even higher...
13 July 2016
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Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...
17 June 2016
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Speculation is mounting that other European cities including London could follow the example of Berlin in effectively banning short-lets through online...
10 June 2016
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A letting agent has launched its own management service for landlords organising short-term lets on Airbnb. ACEProperty, an estate and letting agency...
02 June 2016
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Specialist eviction firm Landlord Action claims that in the past 12 months the number of incidents where tenants have sub-let properties...
20 April 2016
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Onefinestay, a firm offering high-end Airbnb-style short-let accommodation in London, is today making a pitch to letting agents to refer clients...
23 March 2016
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Security experts interviewed by ITV London have given the green light to the Rightmove site after it was apparently being used...
18 March 2016
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JLL says there has been a remarkable 150-fold rise in the number of London residential properties listed on lettings website Airbnb...
10 March 2016
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A survey claims that 17 per cent of private rental sector tenants in the UK admit to having rented out part...
23 February 2016
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A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...
18 February 2016
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A price comparison website has publicised the case of a landlord who let out his property on the Airbnb website -...
26 January 2016
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Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...
20 November 2015
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The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...
11 November 2015
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The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...
28 August 2015
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It’s been revealed that Airbnb - the online informal lettings service which can be used to by-pass letting agents - passes details...
12 August 2015
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Onefinestay, a firm offering very high-end Airbnb-style short-let accommodation in London and three other cities, has secured a new investment of...
06 July 2015
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Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...
03 July 2015
From: Features

Could this happen here? Airbnb, the hugely successful online rental platform, has linked with a US property portal to give prospective...
03 July 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has taken the unusual step of advising home owners how to take advantage of the...
24 June 2015
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A city worried that the explosion of short lets offered via Airbnb may worsen its existing housing crisis is next month...
22 June 2015
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Anyone who doubts the enormity of the marketing budget for global short-lets firm Airbnb may have to think again - for...