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![Airbnbs may need Planning Consent in key tourist location](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A council claims it’s reached an important stage in the process of deciding whether to implement the Article 4 Direction power...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer asks: Should Agents Manage Short Let Properties?](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer%20NEW%20image(2).png)
It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs controversial Airbnb registration scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Westminster wants to tax short let tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown needed on Airbnb and other short lets - new demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb supply 'slashed 80% by new controls' - report bombshell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb “nightmare” as residents complain about short let parties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Strict Airbnb controls still on the agenda says politician](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Strict Airbnb regulation gets a massive thumbs-down](/upload/images/2%20shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public want more tax on Airbnbs and higher private rental standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![More Airbnbs than families on waiting lists - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists want thousands of pounds to campaign against short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Anger over Airbnbs and holiday lets needing planning consent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP blames Airbnb lets for shortage of staff accommodation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![No blanket licensing required for short lets - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs and Holiday Lets give huge cash boost to communities - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council using planning powers to try to “control” Airbnbs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘City of Airbnbs’ has seen country’s highest house price rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP attacks Airbnb hosts for “exploiting” housing crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short lets to be ‘banned’ from city claim landlord reps](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A crackdown on Airbnbs and other short lets in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, has infuriated landlord’s’ representatives. In line with the rest...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Empty homes and holiday homes totals on the rise - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Another council hits Airbnbs and holiday homes with higher taxes](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb threat to communities leads to ‘locals only’ policy idea](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Corporate rental sector targeted by Airbnbs and other short lets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council buying homes to stop them becoming Airbnbs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![AirBnb attacks “buy to let speculators” after regulation threat](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![MP says Airbnb glut contributing to “devastation” of city](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs equal homeless people, triggering call for short let controls](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CornwallHomes400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Memo to government: Slash stamp duty surcharge to get more rental units](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Opposition grows to regulation bid over Airbnbs and short lets](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Massive surge in Airbnb takes stock directly from mainstream rentals](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Councils warn that Airbnbs threaten mainstream rental supply](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![New tax system for Airbnbs and holiday lets being finalised by government](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Call for short lets classification to be ‘amateur’ and ‘commercial’](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Government backs away from stricter regulation of Airbnb and short lets](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs and Holiday Homes should not have tax perks denied to Buy To Let](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Short lets: £100k fine for Airbnb ‘sub-let’ and another council starts probe](/img/default/lat.png)
A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb. The Times reports that Toby...