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A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...

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

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

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

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

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

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...

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

Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...

The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...

A Labour MP is launching a campaign to force private landlords to ensure that their premises are fit for habitation.  Karen Buck,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has taken the unusual step of advising home owners how to take advantage of the...

A city worried that the explosion of short lets offered via Airbnb may worsen its existing housing crisis is next month...

Airbnb is letting out a two-bedroom floating house on the Thames to publicise the changes in short term letting rules in...