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![Short Lets - controversial council consults on Airbnb restrictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hands Off Short Lets - long term empty homes are bigger problem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reviews are key to success in saturated market - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2461408399.jpg)
An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Second homes and incomer buyers are good news - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning To Labour - Rent Controls Just Won’t Work](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Restrictions - Gove slammed by Labour-dominated council body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hate Crime - Anti-Second Home Posters reported to police](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Anti-second home posters seen in parts of North Wales and on social media have been reported to the police as a...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most lucrative locations for holiday let income](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Holiday Lets booking system rivals hotels, says supplier](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![London lettings becoming more stable, says LonRes](/upload/images/shutterstock_340410452.jpg)
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
![Mainstream lettings agency diversifies into short-lets management](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
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
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
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
![Rental Sector Tax Grab - leading agency boss speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Tax Grab - rental sector may not be viable warns Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Raid planned on rental sector in Budget - report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...
03 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Building society bans mortgages on holiday let properties](/upload/images/shutterstock_1953578092.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Gove’s Airbnb Crackdown - Criticism building](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Shake Up - Gove slammed for “political posturing”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![MPs turn on Airbnb and other short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Poor communication stops short let repeat bookings - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Rebrand for one of lettings industry’s best known suppliers](/upload/images/shutterstock_2236818955.jpg)
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
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
![Mandatory Short Lets registration scheme to be introduced](/upload/images/shutterstock_636523940.jpg)
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another holiday lets area council slaps tax surcharge on second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians told - You’re wrong on additional homes tax surcharge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents accused of “profiteering” rent rises](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Ethical’ lettings agent meets MP to discuss rental crisis](/upload/images/shutterstock_1953578092.jpg)
A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ban on HMOs converting to Airbnb causes consultation uproar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hate campaign launched against Airbnb](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Tax Loopholes - government slammed over additional properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agency issues guide for ‘responsible’ holiday lettings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council chief slams holiday lets 'tax subsidy' scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Stop the attacks on holiday lettings sector!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Surcharge: Labour considers raising it even higher](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDutyRates_400x310.png)
Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...
12 May 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
![Holiday Lets contribute to soaring costs of coastal homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![New powers confirmed over holiday lets and second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Labour council tax freeze ‘not for empty buy to lets or second homes’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
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
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
![Investment hotspots for holiday home buyers revealed by survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Higher tax on second homes - another council speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New curbs on holiday lets are “inhumane” - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Political wannabes wrong to blame holiday lets, claims top agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
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
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
![Business Rates shock for holiday let owners - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Good News - signs of optimism in buy to let mortgage market](/upload/images/Logos/Legal%26General400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Politicians insist “we’re not at war with holiday lets”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propertycalculator-400x310.png)
South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short lets industry backs government register scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Public back big tax rise for second home and lets owners](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
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
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
![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
![We want higher council tax for second homes, says lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![More lettings reps on beefed up redress panel](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...
25 October 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
![Huge rise in numbers of holiday lets in popular areas](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/hotel%20400x310.png)
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
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
![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
![Holiday lets agency gives insight into frantic summer business](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/staycation%20resize.png)
New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Politician wants Airbnb hosts to switch properties to long-term rentals](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Fighting Back - short lets and holiday homes do NOT hit affordability](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark group lobbying politicians ahead of rental reforms](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...
18 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
![The party’s over for Airbnb](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Backlash over wide-ranging holiday lets rules change](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Town votes on ban for new homes being sold as holiday lets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EnglishHolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists want sweeping new taxes on some lettings properties](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/TaxCut-400x310.png)
Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Millions in tax lost through lettings loophole - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ditch Airbnb and we will waive fees - agent's offer to landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Angels%20Sales%20%20Lettings%202019%20(360x280).jpg)
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
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
![Enough! Voluntary lettings cap introduced by agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
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
From: Breaking News
![League table shows holiday lets income and capital appreciation](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax on homes to let is ‘hard to implement, not cost effective’](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency reports record lettings year for holiday hot spot](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/staycation%20resize.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Should holiday lets be restricted to buyers with long-term local links?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/staycation%20resize.png)
The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let winning out over Holiday Lets, says agency](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Tax Hikes: Agents slam politicians for failing to understand effect](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Selling a buy to let may play into Airbnb's hands, warns agent](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
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
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
![Agency predicts strong holiday lets summer coming up](/upload/images/Locations/Bournemouth-Pier-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Holiday lets firm says tourist areas need more affordable homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb lettings ‘racket’ condemned by prominent newspaper](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
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
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
![Tax clampdown on letting second homes confirmed by government](/upload/images/library/HolidayHome%20400%20x%20310%20-min.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Lib Dems want big rental sector controls ‘to solve housing crisis’](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Are short lets more dog-friendly than buy to lets](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rival to Airbnb aims to use booking fees for community benefit](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Petition to close property tax loophole still short of target](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
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
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
![Holiday lettings firm to float on London Stock Exchange](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/hotel%20400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Better standards and controls for short lets needed, admits major provider](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![We do like to be beside the seaside! Landlords snub tenants for holiday lets](/upload/images/Locations/BeachHuts-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Activists want HMRC to remove tax perks from holiday lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb hits back at growing criticism of damage to rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tax Take: Petition for Sunak to close holiday lets tax loophole](/img/default/lat.png)
A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP to declare ‘state of emergency’ over loss of rental stock](/img/default/lat.png)
A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...