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![Planning consent needed to become Airbnb in this area](/upload/images/shutterstock_1952077177.jpg)
A council has become the first to require home owners to secure planning consent before their property can be used as...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Massive change to Airbnb rules likely be agreed next week](/upload/images/shutterstock_2301080595(1).jpg)
A council is next week considering a move which is seen as a trigger for wider national policy changes regarding Airbnbs...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets boss praises Labour for “tackling real housing issues”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Chancellor Rachel Reeves' announcement of new measures to accelerate housebuilding in the UK is welcome news for the short lets sector,...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Green Party wants planning consent hurdle for Airbnbs and HMOs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/PropertyPlanning.png)
A Green councillor in a city which has a Green MP is calling for the local authority to require planning consent...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb short lets banned by 2028 - could it happen here too?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The mayor of Barcelona has pledged to eliminate Airbnb-style short lets in the city within five years. Socialist Jaume Collboni claims he...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Clampdown, S21 Scrapped, and other manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Liberal Democrats have set out a predictable set of pledges in their manifesto for next mon this election, centred on...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Bonanza - huge rise in short let property numbers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Figures publicised in a new House of Commons report suggests there’s been a huge rise in the number of short lets...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councils demand Gove restricts Airbnb and short lets even further](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC launches tax clampdown on Airbnb and short lets landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_2230118067.jpg)
HM Revenue and Customs has opened almost 2,000 investigations into landlords letting out via Airbnb or other short let platforms. The Daily...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on Airbnbs may be dropped due to council delays](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
It looks as if a prominent local authority in Scotland is going to temporarily scrap the country’s tight rules on who...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb rips into politicians and restrictions on short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Clampdown on Short Lets Will Not Change, claims government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Controls over Airbnbs to be relaxed in near future](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
While parts of Britain are considering tightening rules over Airbnbs and other short lets, the Channel island of Jersey appears to...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Camera ban - new concerns over landlords’ insurance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Insurance experts claim there are new issues facing short-let landlords following Airbnb's worldwide ban on the use of security cameras inside...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jeremy Hunt has “rendered hundreds of businesses unviable - overnight”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tory slams Gove’s “wretched restrictions” on Section 21 and short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb bans security cameras inside rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb is banning the use of security cameras inside rental properties from the end of April. Airbnb currently allows security cameras in...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Tax Changes - how the government has got it wrong](/upload/images/shutterstock_216955000.jpg)
The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents back Airbnb clampdown “to be on same terms as rental sector”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New attack on Airbnb landlords - possible charge for bin collections](/upload/images/shutterstock_572192086.jpg)
Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Crackdown - Labour council worry over brothels and parties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Countryside campaigners back Gove on short lets clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Easing tax on landlords would end Airbnb ‘problem’ says NRLA boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb reveals income and demographics of landlord hosts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb has released new figures showing that the typical host landlord makes a modest £5,500 a year by sharing their space...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP slams Airbnb clampdown as “not going nearly far enough”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists slam Gove for being too soft on short let landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tory council chief backs Gove’s clampdown on short let landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets revealed by Michael Gove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb backs Gove’s mandatory short lets landlord register](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councillors crush landlord family bid to become profitable](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934(3).jpg)
A bid to make three Northumberland holiday cottages available as permanent private residences has been rejected by planners. At a time when...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets management service pitches for small-scale landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(2).jpg)
A short lets management service is making a pitch to win landlords who let out just one, two or three properties...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council says Airbnb needs planning consent after years of short-letting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour council doubles tax on short lets and second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory Short Lets registration scheme introduced in part of UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords overwhelmingly back Airbnb clampdown - council’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A local authority in a tourist hotspot claims that local landlords have “overwhelmingly” backed a move to clampdown on Airbnbs and...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning to Airbnb and Short Let hosts over January tax change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Thousands of Britons earning from letting their spare room or using parts of their home on platforms like Airbnb could be...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Emergency law demanded to regulate Airbnbs and Short Lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb using AI to clampdown on anti-social tenants during holiday season](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MPs lobby government demanding Airbnb crackdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Slap taxes on short lets and holiday homes, urges countryside charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on Airbnb is diversion to hide government failures - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb listings info to be shared with government data service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homes illegally advertised as short lets returned to family use](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
A clampdown has found 18 council homes were being unlawfully sublet on Airbnb and other short let platforms. The investigation led by...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb sub-letting call explodes into national media controversy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb says landlords should allow tenants to sub-let rooms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb says the large majority of private tenants want to boost their income, including through sub-letting rooms in their homes. In a...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC to gather more data on landlords from next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Airbnb hosts - even those using just a spare room for occasional letting - will be amongst those subject to new...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![New App allows activists to complain about Airbnb-style short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A tenants’ union has developed an app which it claims makes it easy to complain about short lets. Living Rent - a...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Is it illegal to Airbnb your garden retreat?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The rise of platforms such as Airbnb has opened up new possibilities to generate extra income by renting out spaces. From spare...
23 September 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Airbnb controls may breach data laws and Human Rights Convention](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politician likens buying a second home to “forced eviction”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The Scottish National Party councillor for Oban North and Lorn - which includes the village of Plockton, made famous by the...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb in safety discount deal for short let hosts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb is linking up with private landlord agency OpenRent to offer reduced-price gas and boiler safety certificates. The short lets platform says...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Consultation starts on ban for HMOs to become Airbnbs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A six week consultation is now underway as a council bids to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Regulation - Last-ditch bid to stop “laughing stock” rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Licensing - landlords have only two months to apply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland’s short-term licensing scheme before the October...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb refutes Sadiq Khan’s analysis of ‘out of control’ short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and Short Let regulations must vary by locality - agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan wants Airbnb and short-let licensing for London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb regulation hugely unpopular - government consultation results](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New call for clampdown on Airbnb landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A non-for-profit hospitality group wants tighter regulations and restrictions to be imposed on Airbnb properties which affect both the rental market...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Bonanza - high end units in demand in London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets prices rocket as London attracts world’s tennis tourists](/upload/images/shutterstock_1102866983.jpg)
The price of holiday lets in South West London have skyrocketed by 30 per cent due to surging demand from visitors...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chaos! Bid to regulate Airbnb and short lets in tatters after ruling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb links with Neighbourhood Watch to deter bad tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb has linked up with Neighbourhood Watch in a bid to stamp out anti-social behaviour in short lets this summer. As part...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb using ‘screening technology’ to spot anti-social tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb says it’s using screening technology to weed out anti-social tenants this summer. The short lets platform has launched what it calls...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb ‘problem’ may be smaller than critics claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
New data appears to show that the number of active short lets is lower - and not higher - than in...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP wants “locals first” policy against short lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_1404663698.jpg)
A Tory MP representing a popular tourist area has attacked the proliferation of short lets, and wants a “locals first” policy...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Clampdown - Labour MP steps up campaign against short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A Labour MP who wants a licensing system to be introduced for Airbnb-style short lets and holiday accommodation is holding a...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb change of policy ahead of clampdown on complete houses](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
With the government considering short let landlords having to seek planning consent for the use of complete houses, AirBnb has announced...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![More Airbnbs in big cities than households on waiting lists - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Warning to landlords switching to holiday lets - It won’t be easy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Local Elections: a chance to influence the future of the private rented sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_1021070383.jpg)
Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...
29 April 2023
From: The Big Issues
![Landlord Intel - top staycation locations for short lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_649227541.jpg)
The top UK holiday hotspot for 2023 is Yorkshire, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages’ latest Staycation Index report. Known for its picturesque...
29 April 2023
From: Top tips & guides
![MP demands Airbnb clampdown be introduced immediately](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the government to bring forward a clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets. The government...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists want tougher Labour-style clampdown on Airbnb landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs to need planning consent and compulsory registration - government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb offers £100 to hosts joining up during Coronation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Airbnb is offering a £100 travel coupon to new Hosts welcoming their first Airbnb guest during the King’s Coronation in London...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove pledges law changes to restrict Airbnb growth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he’s going to make changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Is Now the Right Time to Invest in a Second Property?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Second home market growth and falling house prices could be a combination for success. There’s been a clear positive correlation between profit...
11 March 2023
From: The Big Issues
![Airbnb ‘spare room’ landlords earn just £2,400 a year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Airbnb claims its so-called ‘spare room’ landlords earn an a rage of just £2,400 a year - the equivalent of a...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another council doubles tax on second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Dorset council is the latest to agree a policy to double the council tax on second homes and to implement an...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Are second homes “flipped” to Airbnb to avoid council tax?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Campaigners behind the National Empty Homes Week - running until March 5 - are accusing some second home owners of “flipping”...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC on the warpath: Warning issued over undeclared income](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Landlords of Airbnbs and other short-lets risk facing penalties for tax evasion if they fail to report income on their rental...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Licensing should be in “priority areas only” say agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sweeping controls on rents and Airbnbs - could they happen here?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Strict guidelines for AirBnb and holiday let landlords set by council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
York council has set out strict guidelines for Airbnb style short lets and for holiday rentals. A statement from the Labour-controlled authority...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![AirBnb demands mortgage lenders allow owners to short-let homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Airbnb has gone into battle against mortgage lenders opposed to their customers letting out their homes. The short let platform is calling...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Do more to help landlords in tourist hotspots, politicians urged](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The agents’ trade body Propertymark says it wants the Welsh Government to do more to support landlords letting in tourist hotspots. The...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Consultation opens on holiday let changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Overseas/OverseasMarket_400x310.png)
The Welsh Government has opened a three month consultation on changes in regulations for holiday let landlords. The Welsh Government - a...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Last-minute call to let homes on Airbnb and other platforms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The trade body representing hosts and suppliers to the short let industry is calling on people to defray cost of living...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boycott Airbnbs to solve the short lets problem, editor urges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/holidayhomes400x310.jpg)
The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs to debate Airbnb and other short lets controls today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/holidayhomes400x310.jpg)
The House of Commons will today debate a proposal for local authorities to have specific controls over the proliferation of Airbnbs...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb says the party's over on New Year’s Eve](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023HappyNY-400x310.png)
In a bid to show it is clamping down on raucous guests, Airbnb has released details of thousands of parties it...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent backs Labour bid to regulate Airbnb and Co](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![New short lets and second homes policy - vague government pledge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The government has announced that it’s going to work on a new second homes policy with one particular council - if...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb registration and short lets planning consent under consideration](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![UK's Happiest Place has lots (and lots) of holiday homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
If you were to believe recent headlines, holiday homes and short lets make everyone’s lives miserable - yet the happiest place...