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A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

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

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

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

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

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

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

A holiday lettings agency has criticised the proposed rise in capital gains tax which may be introduced this week in the...

Travel Chapter, one of the UK’s largest holiday lettings firms specialising in self-catering accommodation, has become the latest organisation to join...

A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...

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

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

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

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...

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

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

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

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...

Jackson-Stops & Staff has surprised the industry by announcing its expansion into holiday lettings.    The agency’s Sherborne branch is expanding its residential...

Any lingering hope that the buy to let sector might have of a rethink by the new Chancellor over restructuring mortgage...

Letting agents or landlords who will be legally obliged to conduct Right to Rent checks on tenants from February 1 actually...