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A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

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

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...

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

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets.  The claim comes...

The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...

A landlords’ group says the widespread letting of homes in London on Airbnb and similar platforms is worsening the shortage of...

Speculation is mounting that other European cities including London could follow the example of Berlin in effectively banning short-lets through online...