The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...
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05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...
23 January 2019
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A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...
09 January 2019
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A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...
28 December 2018
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The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...
01 November 2018
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A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...
15 October 2018
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Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...
17 September 2018
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A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...
28 August 2018
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Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...
16 August 2018
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One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...
10 August 2018
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...
08 August 2018
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The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb surged 70 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year. Commercial agency Colliers,...
03 August 2018
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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...
31 July 2018
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A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...
19 July 2018
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Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...
18 July 2018
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Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...
17 July 2018
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Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...
16 July 2018
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The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...
10 July 2018
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A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...
20 June 2018
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Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...
06 June 2018
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...
02 May 2018
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There’s been a huge 43 per cent rise in the number of London properties registered to be short let on Airbnb...
01 May 2018
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Airbnb has announced that it has teamed up with three hosting agencies in the UK in a bid to make the...
17 April 2018
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A short lets management firm claims Londoners who let their homes over the upcoming Easter weekend could bag themselves a small...
28 March 2018
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Lavanda, a platform for short-lets backed by Purplebricks’ co-founder Kenny Bruce, says it is to roll-out across the UK from later...
27 March 2018
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Airsorted, which describes itself as “the world’s largest hosting management service” says it has secured £5m in funding to expand. Airsorted provides...
14 March 2018
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Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...
22 February 2018
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One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...
06 February 2018
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Savills is urging its landlord clients to be more flexible in order to meet the new expectations of younger renters in...
31 January 2018
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Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...
31 January 2018
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The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets. The claim comes...
24 January 2018
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An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...
18 January 2018
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Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...
05 January 2018
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A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...
14 December 2017
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The specialist property investment lender Together is diversifying its product range to cater for investors who want to let out their...
31 October 2017
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What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...
30 October 2017
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Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets. Bartlett, who was previously...
22 September 2017
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More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
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A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...
18 August 2017
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The Residential Landlords’ Association, which last autumn published important statistics on the spread of short lets within London, is now looking...
15 August 2017
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The international backlash against Airbnb and similar short-let online platforms continues. Earlier this week a video being shown on cable TV in the...
11 August 2017
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If you think Airbnb and similar platforms have received a rough ride from some UK letting agencies and the hospitality industry,...
09 August 2017
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A lettings agency that already operates an Airbnb management service has now launched an additional ‘interior styling service’ for landlords who...
08 August 2017
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Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...
07 August 2017
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Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...
29 June 2017
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A new PropTech device aimed at UK owners of foreign holiday homes allows them to control who enters their overseas property...
27 June 2017
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Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...
20 June 2017
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Media reports suggest the Manchester Arena bomber was renting a short-let property in the centre of the city before he committed...
26 May 2017
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Airbnb has changed details on its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The short-let platform’s website, seen on December...
10 May 2017
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Airbnb, until now regarded as a platform used mainly by holidaymakers, is now preparing a tool that will identify apartments and...
04 May 2017
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Kensington & Chelsea council in central London has set up a series of hotline services and a working party to investigate...
19 April 2017
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A US firm that is believed to want a slice of the UK’s growing short-lets market has made a key business...
12 April 2017
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The founder of Rightmove and former chief executive of Countrywide, Harry Hill, has joined a lettings start-up company called Lavanda which...
04 April 2017
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There are now over 38,000 active listings of London properties on Airbnb according to a monitoring service that analyses the platform’s...
27 March 2017
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Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...
22 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has spotted small print from the Budget that may suggest the government is about to review Rent...
10 March 2017
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A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London. Lavanda claims it...
21 February 2017
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A company selling management services for owners short-letting their properties says there has been a 136 per cent rise in the...
21 February 2017
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The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...
13 February 2017
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A short-let platform says overseas students may be a new market sector for agents who handle Airbnb-style bookings on behalf of...
07 February 2017
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One of the world’s largest ‘temporary furnished accommodation’ specialists is reported to have £20m to spend on renting property to re-let...
03 February 2017
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Data from short lets platform Airbnb reveals that the typical London ‘host’ or landlord made £3,500 from letting a room or property...
31 January 2017
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Properties let out via Airbnb in the Republic of Ireland may come under greater planning scrutiny. It follows the news that a...
17 January 2017
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Airbnb’s decision to enforce the London-specific legislation which limits hosts to letting their properties for no more than 90 nights a...
05 January 2017
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Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...
22 December 2016
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A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...
09 December 2016
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AirBnB is to stop hosts in London from letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without official consent...
02 December 2016
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Members of the House of Lords have heard about the concerns of a Baroness over landlords who choose not to let...
22 November 2016
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Metro Bank says its residential mortgage customers are now allowed to rent their properties through Airbnb and similar sites for up...
18 November 2016
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Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...
04 November 2016
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A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...
26 October 2016
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A dramatic legal spat between New York’s civic leaders and online short-lets platform Airbnb escalated over the weekend in a dispute...
24 October 2016
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Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...
10 October 2016
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A company called My Property Host is seeking to attract failed sellers to become ‘accidental landlords’ and let out their homes...
29 September 2016
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Airbnb has hit back at a claim by the Residential Landlords Association that lets promoted by the firm effectively worsened London’s housing...
01 September 2016
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A new kind of what appears to be an online letting agency is launching today to manage properties listed by individuals...
17 August 2016
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Reports from the United States suggest that Airbnb, which has already created a revolution in short-lets, is considering asking house builders...
15 August 2016
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A hospitality start-up company claims the Brexit vote adds to uncertainty in the sales market - and it wants vendors to...
22 July 2016
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Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...
17 June 2016
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Onefinestay, a firm offering high-end Airbnb-style short-let accommodation in London, is today making a pitch to letting agents to refer clients...
23 March 2016
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JLL says there has been a remarkable 150-fold rise in the number of London residential properties listed on lettings website Airbnb...
10 March 2016
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A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...
18 February 2016
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The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...
11 November 2015
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The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...
28 August 2015
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Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...
09 July 2015
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Chancellor George Osborne has announced that mortgage interest tax relief for buy-to-let homebuyers are to be restricted to basic rate of...
08 July 2015
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Onefinestay, a firm offering very high-end Airbnb-style short-let accommodation in London and three other cities, has secured a new investment of...
06 July 2015
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Could this happen here? Airbnb, the hugely successful online rental platform, has linked with a US property portal to give prospective...
03 July 2015
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A city worried that the explosion of short lets offered via Airbnb may worsen its existing housing crisis is next month...