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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...