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It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

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

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...

Airbnb claims there has been a 75 per cent drop in party reports made to Airbnb in the UK since its...

Agents wanting to get to grips with the Renters Reform Act are invited to a learning webinar hosted by Rightmove. It’s at...

Free legal help for agents on what Renters Reform Bill really means A free webinar hosted by PropTech firm Goodlord is being...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...

Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow.  It employed 20 people and lettings director...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...

A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...

Airbnb-style short-lets in another part of Scotland are to be subject to new licensing rules. The scheme, introduced by the Scottish Government,...

The council in the London borough of Merton will fund an additional payment of £100 per month to residents who host...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the Scottish Government’s backing of a bid to control short lets in Edinburgh could...

Airbnb is piloting new tools which it claims may identify and block prospective renters who want to stage anti-social parties. The technology...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

PropTech firm Symple has struck a deal to offer its certification services on thousands of properties listed with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes...

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

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

Rightmove hosts its latest anti-money laundering webinar next week. The hour-long session at 10am on Tuesday July 19 - a week today...

AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

Industry trade body Propertymark says no Right To Rent checks will be required to be conducted by letting agents on Ukranian...

The Labour Mayor of Bristol has spoken out about the threat to the mainstream rental sector posed by the proliferation of...

Airbnb says it’s been overwhelmed by the support for its initiatives to help Ukraine. As of Tuesday this week there had been...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...

Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...

A new survey suggests Airbnb owners are charging over 300 per cent more to stay at their properties during major events...

Airbnb has launched a scheme it calls the UK Trust and Safety Alliance to offer hosts information on health, safety and...

London’s short lets sector has bounced back from the Covid shutdowns and is now stronger than hotels and serviced apartments. That's the result...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

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

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...

A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...

A new online self-screening bot questionnaire has been launched to check agents and customers are symptom-free before a physical viewing takes...

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...

A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

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

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

A police force has issued a warning to agents and owners of short-let properties to look for signs of modern slavery...

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...

A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...

A short lets management firm has acquired a PropTech platform and claims it will help owners “see their true profit potentials”...

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

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...

Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...

Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

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

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...

Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...

Airbnb has announced that it has teamed up with three hosting agencies in the UK in a bid to make the...

It’s less than two weeks before The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash...

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...

Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...

Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...

A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...

The international backlash against Airbnb and similar short-let online platforms continues.    Earlier this week a video being shown on cable TV in the...

There are now over 38,000 active listings of London properties on Airbnb according to a monitoring service that analyses the platform’s...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...