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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

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...

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

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

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

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

Governments across the UK must do more to understand the scale of short lets and the threat they may pose to...

The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect on Saturday, which is October 1. Scotland’s...

Propertymark is calling on letting agents to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of Airbnb and other short lets.  At...

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

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

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

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

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

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 lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

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

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

A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...

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...

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 statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...

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

Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...

The outgoing chief of Whitbread PLC has made a scathing attack on Airbnb and the government for its approach to what...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...

A Labour MP is launching a campaign to force private landlords to ensure that their premises are fit for habitation.  Karen Buck,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has taken the unusual step of advising home owners how to take advantage of the...

A city worried that the explosion of short lets offered via Airbnb may worsen its existing housing crisis is next month...

Airbnb is letting out a two-bedroom floating house on the Thames to publicise the changes in short term letting rules in...