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A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...

The UK government's long awaited Spring Budget announced some key changes for the property market in an effort to stimulate activity...

A council has agreed a council tax rise of an additional 100% on second home and long-term empty homes, despite widespread...

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

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the private rental sector according to a report this morning...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...

The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...

Dorset councillors have approved proposals for a council tax premium on second homes and a tightening up on its existing premium...

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

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

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...

There are some 141,245 second homes in England and Wales, new figures show.  Flats are the most common type of second home,...

Another council may be considering a tax on guests staying at Airbnb or other short let properties. North Norfolk council, which covers...

The Scottish National Party councillor for Oban North and Lorn - which includes the village of Plockton, made famous by the...

A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...

The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...

There are only a few days left for landlords to have input to a government consultation on council tax hikes for...

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

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...

A team of experts will look into the impact ofd Airbnbs and other short lets in a part of the UK...

A long-standing tax consultancy has raised the spectre of too much Stamp Duty ha wing been paid thanks to mistakes made...

A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...

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

A vocal group of around 50 Conservative right wing MPs wants an end to stamp duty - except for additional homes...

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

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

A Tory MP representing a popular tourist area has attacked the proliferation of short lets, and wants a “locals first” policy...

An area has been identified for a two-year study of the impact which second homes, Airbnbs, other holiday lets and empty...

A Labour MP who wants a licensing system to be introduced for Airbnb-style short lets and holiday accommodation is holding a...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

Councils are to be given powers to enact huge tax increases on second homes and empty properties, the Scottish Government proposes. New...

The plans of many local authorities to double the council tax levels for second homes and some empty properties from April...

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

A Labour candidate hoping to become the MP in a popular tourist area is on the warpath over what she calls...

  Second home market growth and falling house prices could be a combination for success. There’s been a clear positive correlation between profit...

A prominent property industry figure says he backs higher council tax for unlet and vacant second homes but warns that Airbnb...

Dorset council is the latest to agree a policy to double the council tax on second homes and to implement an...

A council is to spend £1m “to gather information about the conditions of specific groups of privately rented properties and proactively...

Campaigners behind the National Empty Homes Week - running until March 5 - are accusing some second home owners of “flipping”...

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

Landlords of Airbnbs and other short-lets risk facing penalties for tax evasion if they fail to report income on their rental...

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

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that “families are being turfed out of their private rented homes under...

Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...

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

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

Property taxes in Scotland have increased by nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in the last year compared to the...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

A top Tory who is chair of the Conservative backbench Treasury Committee and a member of the Treasury Select Committee says...

Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...

Plans to impose a premium on council tax for for second homeowners have been approved by Cornwall Council with all-party agreement. The...

Landlords who intend to sell their properties this year are being urged to act quickly ahead of the Capital Gains Tax...

Airbnb has gone into battle against mortgage lenders opposed to their customers letting out their homes. The short let platform is calling...

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...

A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...

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

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...

The government has announced that it’s going to work on a new second homes policy with one particular council - if...

Although the property and mortgage markets have been in a state of flux for the past few months, with rising interest...

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

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning the Tories against ‘stealth increases’ for Capital Gains and Inheritance taxes. David Alexander...

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

MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...

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

Property taxes in Scotland have increased by nearly two thirds compared to the pre-pandemic period according to analysis of the latest...

The tax cuts announced in the government’s ill-fated mini-Budget may have been reversed but they gave Labour a chance to hit...

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

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has told his party conference that buy to let landlords will no longer “get in first”...

A probe by the Financial Times has found that some 26,500 individuals missed the Capital Gains Tax filing deadline in 2021-22...

An insight into the changing sales market suggests the cost of living crisis is biting buyers - some of whom may...

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...

One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

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,...

The latest rentals market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors gives the now-familiar story of how demand is far...

Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...

A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with...

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...

New figures released this morning show that buy to let investors and second home buyers now pay almost half of the...

A campaign to stop new build homes being sold to second home buyers for holiday lets has won a decisive victory...

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

Even before the pandemic, we were seeing dramatic changes across the buy-to-let landscape with holiday lets steadily increasing in appeal –...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016 - but...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

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

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...