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Flats in a multi-millionaire developer’s prestigious shoreline scheme in Folkestone can, after all, be short-let following a U-turn by the property...

The BBC is reporting that councillors in Manchester have launched a series of attacks on users of Airbnb and other short...

A council claims it’s reached an important stage in the process of deciding whether to implement the Article 4 Direction power...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

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

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

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

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...

A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...

House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...

A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...

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

The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...

The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

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

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

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

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

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

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

A letting agent has launched its own management service for landlords organising short-term lets on Airbnb.  ACEProperty, an estate and letting agency...