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February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces. Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...
05 March 2024
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The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...
04 March 2024
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The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...
03 March 2024
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A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...
26 February 2024
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There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...
21 February 2024
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The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...
19 February 2024
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Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms. Former Lib...
06 February 2024
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A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...
23 January 2024
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One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...
18 January 2024
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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
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A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
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Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...
01 December 2023
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Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...
23 November 2023
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A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
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A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...
11 September 2023
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A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...
08 September 2023
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A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...
15 August 2023
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A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...
05 July 2023
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One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...
27 June 2023
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A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...
15 June 2023
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A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
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Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...
12 May 2023
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The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...
13 April 2023
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The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...
11 April 2023
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New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes. A statement from the Senedd...
05 April 2023
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Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...
03 April 2023
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A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...
27 March 2023
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Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...
21 March 2023
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West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...
15 March 2023
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The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...
07 March 2023
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A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...
03 March 2023
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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
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The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
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The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...
10 February 2023
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Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...
29 December 2022
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South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...
23 December 2022
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The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...
13 December 2022
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A consultation proposing a steep rise in council tax for second homes has won strong public support. Flintshire council in north Wales...
09 December 2022
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A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...
08 December 2022
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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
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A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 November 2022
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One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...
25 October 2022
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The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...
29 September 2022
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The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...
11 August 2022
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Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
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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
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New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...
25 July 2022
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A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
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Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
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Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...
18 July 2022
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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
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Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
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A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...
23 June 2022
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The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
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Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
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Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
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An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...
23 May 2022
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A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
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A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...
04 May 2022
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A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
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Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...
11 April 2022
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New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...
30 March 2022
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The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
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Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...
10 March 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
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Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...
21 February 2022
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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
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Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages. The company has revealed that...
14 February 2022
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A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
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One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...
25 January 2022
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Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
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Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
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The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...
17 December 2021
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A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...
30 November 2021
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A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...
23 November 2021
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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
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Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...
25 October 2021
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The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...
07 October 2021
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Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...
14 September 2021
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Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...
18 August 2021
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Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...
09 August 2021
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A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...
06 August 2021
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A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...
03 August 2021
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The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...
29 July 2021
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Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...
06 July 2021
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A lettings management platform is hitting out at the government over the uncertainty surrounding travel restrictions, because of its impact on...
09 April 2021
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The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...
24 March 2021
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A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast. Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...
09 March 2021
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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
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Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
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A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...
07 July 2020
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Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...
12 May 2020
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Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
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[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...