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Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

A Labour council in London is seeking much greater control over the creation of so-called ‘small HMOs’. Lambeth council wants anyone creating a...

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

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

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

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

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

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

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

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

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...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

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

The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...

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

Buy to let investors who want to convert family homes into HMOs in Hounslow for three to six tenants will now...

The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

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

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...

Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...

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

A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running...

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

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

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

A consultation period has started on another council’s set of proposals to clampdown on HMOs. Blackburn with Darwen council wants to impose...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...

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

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

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

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

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...

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

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...

A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...

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

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

A long-running case about a house divided up and let out without planning permission has resulted in a fine of nearly...

Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

A property built without planning consent and then illegally let to a family has been knocked down by Ealing council in...

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

An agent acting on behalf of a landlord has defended a bid for retrospective planning permission, but a Labour councillor has...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...

A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...

Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future.  Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...

A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...

The government has been accused by a lettings sector trade body of skewing the market to encourage more short-lets.  The claim comes...

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...

Latest figures suggest that there are almost 100,000 Build To Rent units either completed, under construction or awaiting planning permission across the...

Greenwich is the latest council to make it compulsory for planning consent to be given before converting homes into Houses in...

A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...

Bob Parry Lettings, a north Wales agency, has removed a claim from its website concerning a plot of land, following a...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

New figures compiled by the British Property Federation chronicle the continuing growth of Build To Rent across the country.    The BPF says...

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...

A lettings firm and a property management company that converted a family home into micro flats have been found guilty of...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into seven flats and rented them out without planning permission faces having to repay...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...

Bristol council has given consent to a 255 unit city centre Build to Rent scheme to be constructed and managed by...

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London.    Lavanda claims it...

A buy to let landlord who converted an Uxbridge house into two flats without planning permission has been ordered to pay...

It is feared that Cardiff council will later this week severely restrict the number of new shared houses in two popular...

The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...

Two landlords must pay a combined total of over £300,000 following legal action by a central London council.    Westminster council claimed that...