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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 and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

Average monthly room rentals are at their most expensive ever according to lettings platform SpareRoom. It says in London the typical monthly...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities.  The study, by a landlord...

The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

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

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

The Residential Landlords Association has spotted small print from the Budget that may suggest the government is about to review Rent...

The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...

Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...