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Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

Airbnb’s global chief executive has suggested that the short lets platform may handle longer term rentals in future. Brian Chesky, in an...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Nakul Patel and on my business card...

Airbnb is launching a UK campaign this month aimed at luring first-time customers. It’s part of a local campaign that launched last...

A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

Build To Rent operator Apo is partnering with PropTech platform Lavanda to offer increased exposure to Airbnb-style short-lets. The partnership will see Apo...

A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...

The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

Airbnb claims there has been a 75 per cent drop in party reports made to Airbnb in the UK since its...

One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member.  Available in 43 languages...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...

A local authority in West Sussex is proposing to build its own Airbnb four bedroom house on the site of old...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...

A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...

A crackdown on Airbnbs and other short lets in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, has infuriated landlord’s’ representatives. In line with the rest...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association has named a new chief executive.  Andy Fenner will support STAA chairperson Merilee Karr and director...

Airbnb-style short-lets in another part of Scotland are to be subject to new licensing rules. The scheme, introduced by the Scottish Government,...

The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

Governments across the UK must do more to understand the scale of short lets and the threat they may pose to...

The short lets industry - consisting of suppliers and operators within the burgeoning sector of Airbnb-style lettings - is to stage...

A holiday letting agency has criticised the introduction of licensing for short term rentals in Scotland as “poorly thought-through and ill-timed”.  Iain...

The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect on Saturday, which is October 1. Scotland’s...

The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...

A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...

Propertymark is calling on letting agents to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of Airbnb and other short lets.  At...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the Scottish Government’s backing of a bid to control short lets in Edinburgh could...

Airbnb is piloting new tools which it claims may identify and block prospective renters who want to stage anti-social parties. The technology...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

Sibling businessmen Jonathan and Matthew Daines are to create 15 new jobs at the Warwickshire-based PropTech platform Lettingaproperty over the next...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

PropTech operator Lettingaproperty has won £750,000 to build a new rental platform of landlords and tenants. The cash boost, from the MEIF...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...

A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...

AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...

An Airbnb host who let three properties in a city has been fined for using domestic recycling facilities and failing to...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...

The Labour Mayor of Bristol has spoken out about the threat to the mainstream rental sector posed by the proliferation of...

Airbnb says it’s been overwhelmed by the support for its initiatives to help Ukraine. As of Tuesday this week there had been...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...

The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...

London-based lettings platform Yorlet has won £350,000 in seed funding to develop its payment Proptec solution. Yorlet was founded by friends Max...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...