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

Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...

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

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

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

Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...

A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...

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

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

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...

A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...

A hospitality start-up company claims the Brexit vote adds to uncertainty in the sales market - and it wants vendors to...

An online letting agency claims a third of tenants are subletting without the agreement of their landlord, with an even higher...

Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...