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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...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...

Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

A new lettings agency has sprung up, catering almost entirely for the burgeoning Airbnb-style short lets market. Shoreside Lettings, based at Cowes...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

A short lets management firm has acquired a PropTech platform and claims it will help owners “see their true profit potentials”...

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...

The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...

A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...

Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...

One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb surged 70 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year. Commercial agency Colliers,...

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...

The number of landlords with more than 10 Airbnb accommodations listed in London has risen by 8.4 per cent in the...

A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...

Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...

Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...

Buy to let landlords are on the way out and Build To Rent will dominate the sector in the foreseeable future.  That’s...

A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...

Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...

There’s been a huge 43 per cent rise in the number of London properties registered to be short let on Airbnb...

Airbnb has announced that it has teamed up with three hosting agencies in the UK in a bid to make the...

A short lets management firm claims Londoners who let their homes over the upcoming Easter weekend could bag themselves a small...

Airsorted, which describes itself as “the world’s largest hosting management service” says it has secured £5m in funding to expand.  Airsorted provides...

A new online platform says it allows renters and landlords to review each other and give Trustpilot-style ratings - but it...

Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...

One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets.  The claim comes...

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...

Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...

A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...

The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...

What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets.  Bartlett, who was previously...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...

The Residential Landlords’ Association, which last autumn published important statistics on the spread of short lets within London, is now looking...

The international backlash against Airbnb and similar short-let online platforms continues.    Earlier this week a video being shown on cable TV in the...

If you think Airbnb and similar platforms have received a rough ride from some UK letting agencies and the hospitality industry,...

A lettings agency that already operates an Airbnb management service has now launched an additional ‘interior styling service’ for landlords who...

Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...

A new PropTech device aimed at UK owners of foreign holiday homes allows them to control who enters their overseas property...

Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...

Airbnb has changed details on its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.   The short-let platform’s website, seen on December...

Airbnb, until now regarded as a platform used mainly by holidaymakers, is now preparing a tool that will identify apartments and...

Kensington & Chelsea council in central London has set up a series of hotline services and a working party to investigate...

The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...

There are now over 38,000 active listings of London properties on Airbnb according to a monitoring service that analyses the platform’s...

Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...

The Residential Landlords Association has spotted small print from the Budget that may suggest the government is about to review Rent...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London.    Lavanda claims it...

A company selling management services for owners short-letting their properties says there has been a 136 per cent rise in the...

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...

A short-let platform says overseas students may be a new market sector for agents who handle Airbnb-style bookings on behalf of...

Data from short lets platform Airbnb reveals that the typical London ‘host’ or landlord made £3,500 from letting a room or property...

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...

An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...

Properties let out via Airbnb in the Republic of Ireland may come under greater planning scrutiny.    It follows the news that a...

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...

Airbnb’s decision to enforce the London-specific legislation which limits hosts to letting their properties for no more than 90 nights a...

Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...

Another organisation is warning of the dangers if tenants go away at Christmas and sub-let their properties without consent.    Total Landlord Insurance,...

An online student lettings agency claims there will be a growing number of students using the holiday season to boost their...

A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...

AirBnB is to stop hosts in London from letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without official consent...

Members of the House of Lords have heard about the concerns of a Baroness over landlords who choose not to let...

Metro Bank says its residential mortgage customers are now allowed to rent their properties through Airbnb and similar sites for up...

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...

Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...

A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...

A dramatic legal spat between New York’s civic leaders and online short-lets platform Airbnb escalated over the weekend in a dispute...

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...

A company called My Property Host is seeking to attract failed sellers to become ‘accidental landlords’ and let out their homes...

An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...

Airbnb has hit back at a claim by the Residential Landlords Association that lets promoted by the firm effectively worsened London’s housing...

A landlords’ group says the widespread letting of homes in London on Airbnb and similar platforms is worsening the shortage of...

A new kind of what appears to be an online letting agency is launching today to manage properties listed by individuals...

Reports from the United States suggest that Airbnb, which has already created a revolution in short-lets, is considering asking house builders...

A hospitality start-up company claims the Brexit vote adds to uncertainty in the sales market - and it wants vendors to...

An online letting agency claims a third of tenants are subletting without the agreement of their landlord, with an even higher...

Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...

Speculation is mounting that other European cities including London could follow the example of Berlin in effectively banning short-lets through online...

A letting agent has launched its own management service for landlords organising short-term lets on Airbnb.  ACEProperty, an estate and letting agency...

Specialist eviction firm Landlord Action claims that in the past 12 months the number of incidents where tenants have sub-let properties...

Onefinestay, a firm offering high-end Airbnb-style short-let accommodation in London, is today making a pitch to letting agents to refer clients...

Security experts interviewed by ITV London have given the green light to the Rightmove site after it was apparently being used...

JLL says there has been a remarkable 150-fold rise in the number of London residential properties listed on lettings website Airbnb...

A survey claims that 17 per cent of private rental sector tenants in the UK admit to having rented out part...

A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...

A price comparison website has publicised the case of a landlord who let out his property on the Airbnb website -...

Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...

The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...

The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...

It’s been revealed that Airbnb - the online informal lettings service which can be used to by-pass letting agents - passes details...

Onefinestay, a firm offering very high-end Airbnb-style short-let accommodation in London and three other cities, has secured a new investment of...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...

Could this happen here? Airbnb, the hugely successful online rental platform, has linked with a US property portal to give prospective...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has taken the unusual step of advising home owners how to take advantage of the...

A city worried that the explosion of short lets offered via Airbnb may worsen its existing housing crisis is next month...

Anyone who doubts the enormity of the marketing budget for global short-lets firm Airbnb may have to think again - for...

Airbnb is letting out a two-bedroom floating house on the Thames to publicise the changes in short term letting rules in...