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Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

A local authority in West Sussex is proposing to build its own Airbnb four bedroom house on the site of old...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...

A crackdown on Airbnbs and other short lets in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, has infuriated landlord’s’ representatives. In line with the rest...

The short lets industry - consisting of suppliers and operators within the burgeoning sector of Airbnb-style lettings - is to stage...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the Scottish Government’s backing of a bid to control short lets in Edinburgh could...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...

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

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...

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...

The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...

This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...