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The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...

A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

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...

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

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

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

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

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

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

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

A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched.   Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...

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

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

A lettings agency in Kent has been drawn into a spat about rent levels following a councillor’s comment on Twitter. Liberal Democrat...

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...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

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

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...

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

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...

Belvoir’s agency in Grantham is making a fantastic gesture by donating crates of produce to the local Foodbank. Over 100 kilos of...

A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

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

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...

A new licensing scheme in Nottingham has moved a step closer with the proposal being sent to the government for approval.    The council’s...

A consultation on whether to introduce stronger rules to control the number of 'to let' boards in Durham has just started.    The...