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

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

The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...

Britain’s holiday rental market is preparing for a busy year ahead, as many travellers are expected to opt for staycations over...

A move to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms operating in Scotland has received a hostile welcome from a countryside...

Airbnb claims a proposal to regulate short lets could put 17,000 jobs at risk and take almost £1m a day out...

The Lettings Industry Council has published a report outlining why Section 21 should not be abolished, despite the government’s commitment to...

Electrical Safety First is calling for the introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks as part of the Scottish government’s plan to...

Viewing figures in the letting market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10-year high at the end of August,...

A landlord in Oxford is no longer allowed to offer a local property for short-term lets following a lengthy planning battle...

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

With the number of new tenancies currently being agreed at an historic low, there is evidence to suggest that there will...

Airbnb has confirmed that it is laying off 25% of its workforce as the short-term lets platform joins a slew of firms...

There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords and homeowners switching from short-term lets to longer rentals.  Across the...

Short-term let property management firm Hostmaker has gone into administration, prompting redundancies for the entirety of the company’s London-based team.  Houst, formerly...

Rental demand reached a record high of 88 prospective tenants per letting agency branch in January, up 57% from an average...

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

Foundation Home Loans has made a series of rate reductions across a number of products in its core buy-to-let range. The rate...

A new online calculator highlighting how much more rent landlords can make by letting to holidaymakers via Airbnb across a range...

There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords who are considering converting their property to a short-term...

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

The minister for local government, housing and planning in Scotland, Kevin Stewart, has received a joint letter from the UK Short...

The Scottish government has announced new measures to regulate short-term lets north of the border.  The government is handing local authorities fresh...

An increasing number of Airbnb owners in Edinburgh are moving away from short-term letting in favour of traditional long-term tenancies as...

Transport for London (TfL) has finally bowed to pressure from campaigners and announced a ban on adverts that promote short-term letting...

Buy-to-let landlords who own property in Liverpool could potentially achieve short-term rental yields of just over 27%, according to Portico Host. The...

An Airbnb host who rented out his council flat in central London has been fined £100,000 and evicted by Westminster City...

When people think of Manchester these days, possibly their first thought is of its thriving economy and the opportunities it now...

Hostmaker, which specialises in managing London properties put on to Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has apologised for causing controversy over...

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...

A new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched with a view to looking into short-term lets. The new group, which...

More needs to be done to stem the increase in short-term lets on Airbnb and similar platforms to ensure that there...

Buy-to-let landlords who own property in Liverpool or Manchester could potentially achieve short-term letting yields of up to 30.7%, according to...

Buy-to-let landlords in London are being encouraged by property management firms to break strict short-term letting laws in the capital, an...

Despite the growing popularity of Airbnb and other short-term letting websites, less than 3% of landlords are currently engaged in the informal...

Portico has expanded its short-term lettings service, bringing its Airbnb services to Manchester and Liverpool’s high streets. The estate agency, which currently...

More needs to be done to stem the rise in short-term lets on Airbnb in Scotland to ensure that the market...

Portico’s short term lettings service, Portico Host, has been appointed to Airbnb’s professional co-host programme, bringing Airbnb services to London’s high...

Philip Hammond has once again failed to reverse the previous chancellor George Osborne’s deeply unpopular tax reforms that have had far-reaching...

The UK’s tourism sector is going from strength to strength with growing visits by foreigners in the country, and the increasing...

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new short-term let product, as part of the buy-to-let range, available exclusively through Legal &...

Overseas family holidays are a relatively recent concept in the UK. They came about as a result of air travel becoming...

Buy-to-let landlords who let out their properties as short-term holiday lets should be hit with fresh taxes to deter them from...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are letting out their homes as short-term holiday lets, making them no longer available for...

Homestay networks and renting short-term lodgings are on the up – just look at the exponential rise of peer-to-peer sharing platform...

With a growing number of buy-to-let landlords in London now using short-term letting platforms like Airbnb to breach the rules for...

The prime rental market in the capital has benefitted from the sales slowdown, with greater stock and more people needing to...

Airbnb’s announcement yesterday that it is banning hosts in London from renting out entire homes for more than 90 days a...

Research from ARLA shows that 26% of letting agents have seen an increase in the number of enquiries for short-term lets With...