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The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...

London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

Anti-second home posters seen in parts of North Wales and on social media have been reported to the police as a...

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

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

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

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...

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 new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

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

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

Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

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

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

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

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes.  A statement from the Senedd...

Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...

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

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...

The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...

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...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...

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 consultation proposing a steep rise in council tax for second homes has won strong public support. Flintshire council in north Wales...

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

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

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...

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

The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...

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

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

New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...

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...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...

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

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

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

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

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...

Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...

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

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

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

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

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

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

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

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

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

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...