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The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

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

New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...

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

One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

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

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

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

South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...

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

A respected agent is warning that a proposal to increase stamp duty on additional homes could kill off the rental market...

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

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

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

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

The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...

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

A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...

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

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

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

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

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

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...

A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...

A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...

Administrators have been appointed as a result of action taken by a major creditor of Brighton Holiday Homes, the agency which...

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...

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

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...

The holiday lets market is just starting to pick up and new research shows that 80 per cent of those who...

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

The weakness of the pound since Britain’s decision to quit the European Union a year ago means that holiday properties are...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

Labour councillors controlling Brighton and Hove council are reported to be writing to the government for premission to charge HMO owners...

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...

Fleet Mortgages is telling clients to choose an efficient conveyancer if they are buying an investment property with a view to...

Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price of all ‘additional...

- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...