A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...
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21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...
03 July 2015
From: Features

A Labour MP is launching a campaign to force private landlords to ensure that their premises are fit for habitation. Karen Buck,...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has taken the unusual step of advising home owners how to take advantage of the...
24 June 2015
From: Breaking News

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