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A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

The Scottish Government is proposing to give local councils the discretion to charge Council Tax premiums of up to 100 per...

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

Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

A new consultation by one of the national governments within the UK advocates giving more councils power to make huge rises...

New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes.  A statement from the Senedd...

A council is introducing a service which it claims will help identify properties which cannon future be used as private rental...

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

One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...