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The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...

One of the biggest parts of buying a holiday home is securing a holiday let mortgage which can differ substantially to...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

The Generation Rent campaign has launched a petition on its website to give councils power to license holiday lets.  The campaign claims...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned any further publication of an advertisement for holiday homes that made them appear to be...

A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...

When a popular Dorset pub was devastated several years ago, thanks to a huge chimney fire, the owners were left with...

Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...

According to the latest English Housing Survey there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said to...

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

The founder of a luxury holiday lets firm in one of the UK’s tourist hotspots says even wealthy landlords are now...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

A council is launching a bid to make the use of a home for a holiday let subject to a mandatory...

The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas.  It claims 80...

In 2021, 447,000 people had a holiday home where they spent more than 30 days – up 4.7 per cent in...

Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...

According to the most recent statistics there are 676,452 vacant properties in England, nearly half a million of which have been...

A building society that last summer scrapped all lending on some holiday homes has now come up with another unusual policy...

Last week it was announced that North Devon's second homeowners could pay double the amount of council tax after one year...

There’s been something of a love-in on a local authority in a popular tourist area of the UK - with second...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says it wants the Welsh Government to do more to support landlords letting in tourist hotspots. The...

The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...

The House of Commons will today debate a proposal for local authorities to have specific controls over the proliferation of Airbnbs...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...

If you were to believe recent headlines, holiday homes and short lets make everyone’s lives miserable - yet the happiest place...

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

A confused and complicated approach to holiday homes in England, Scotland and Wales threatens the future of the holiday letting sector...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

A Conservative MP says the stamp duty cut announced in the now-legendary mini-Budget at the end of last month should not...

A prominent supporter of landlords has accused Labour and nationalist politicians of making the supply shortage of private rental properties in...

One in nine holidaymakers say they have accidentally caused damage to a holiday home according to new research by Direct Line...

A new political party called Breakthrough is campaigning for radical reform of the rental sector and housing in general. The party -...

Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...

A council in a second home and short let hotspot is making a desparate plea to private landlords for help. Torbay Council,...

A building society will no longer lend for the purchase of second homes, saying they reduce the stock available for first...

Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...

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

Any restrictions on Airbnb and other short lets platforms will hit millions in the UK, according to the people behind new...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

An insurance chief with expertise in the holiday lets sector has stood up for owners who let their properties to holidaymakers...

The popularity of staycations is set to continue into 2022, with bookings for UK holiday lets reportedly up 22 per cent compared...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...

Yesterday Landlord Today reported that there was now a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage...

A tourism chief has stood up in favour of closing what the government calls a tax loophole for landlords letting out...

Harry Roberts, managing director of My Favourite Cottages, outlines how holiday homes can be made more sustainable. Earlier this month, world leaders...

Landlords in or anticipating entering the holiday let market are being offered a series of tips by one of the country’s...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...

Protesters in a part of the UK with high numbers of holiday lets will stage a demonstration next week demanding cheaper...

Welsh Nationalist politicians are complaining about a finance company which identified part of Wales as having attractive yields for buy to...

New research shows that holiday let features appear to be the most in demand, based on Google searches.  Prospective renters appear most...

An estate agent in Scotland is warning that a new attack on the rental sector and holiday homes may be underway.  Jennifer...

A public consultation is underway on proposals for a local authority to increase the council tax premium for second homes -...

Airbnb management company Houst is expanding its service into a new area. Houst has identified Kent as an area expecting one of...

The closing of a tax loophole which allow some owners of holiday lets to avoid paying council tax does not go...

Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...

There’s been a howl of disgust from the UK’s major landlord group following the Welsh Government’s shock increase in stamp duty. Landlord...

There’s been renewed media spotlight on landlords who register their holiday lets as businesses, and can thus claim a key grant. The...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Buyers of second or holiday homes in Snowdonia National Park should require planning permission to purchase. That’s the view of the park's...

Local people in a part of Wales claim they are being priced out of their communities by investment buyers and second home...

A number of buy-to-let landlords have switched to short-term lets in recent years, as a consequence of skewed policy that favours...

Landlords thinking of letting property on a short-term let this summer are being urged to have the right insurance protection in...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are switching to short-term lets, as a consequence of skewed policy that favours holiday homes...

The tax and regulatory changes introduced in recent years have led to an increase in the number of landlords exiting the...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border have come under increasing pressure ahead of the incoming changes to the energy efficiency of...

If you’re an existing landlord with bad credit issues looking to remortgage your buy to let property or perhaps buy a...

With the summer holiday season in full swing, UK coastal districts are seeing a boom in staycation bookings. Cornwall was discovered to...

Leek United has reduced rates on its buy-to-let products by up to 40bps. The lender’s five-year fixed rate buy-to-let product is now...

More than 8,300 Londoners have called on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban adverts ‘encouraging’ landlords to abandon long-term tenants for...

Controversial short-lets managing agents Hostmaker has defended its latest advertising campaign after once again sparking outrage among some industry professionals for...

If you have inherited a holiday home or B&B you could save thousands of pounds in inheritance tax, according to Kirwans...

With the number of Brits enjoying a staycation this summer expected to be almost a quarter (23.8%) higher than in 2016,...

Southwark council in south London is warning local leaseholders to refrain from renting out properties via short term holiday rental sites,...

Holiday home landlords who own property in sought-after locations in the UK can earn up to almost six times the average...

The number of second homes liable to pay stamp duty increased to 62,800 in the final quarter of last year, up...

The recent increase in stamp duty land tax (“SDLT”) on “additional residential dwellings” represents the latest in a series of measures...

Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a 3% surcharge on the full purchase price of all ‘additional properties –...