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A second major location in Spain is clamping down hard on short lets, with pledges of fines exceeding £500,000 on illegal...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of order a home owner to stop short-letting their property, claiming its use...

A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...

A council has become the first to require home owners to secure planning consent before their property can be used as...

A council is next week considering a move which is seen as a trigger for wider national policy changes regarding Airbnbs...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' announcement of new measures to accelerate housebuilding in the UK is welcome news for the short lets sector,...

A Green councillor in a city which has a Green MP is calling for the local authority to require planning consent...

The mayor of Barcelona has pledged to eliminate Airbnb-style short lets in the city within five years.  Socialist Jaume Collboni claims he...

The Liberal Democrats have set out a predictable set of pledges in their manifesto for next mon this election, centred on...

Figures publicised in a new House of Commons report suggests there’s been a huge rise in the number of short lets...

London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

HM Revenue and Customs has opened almost 2,000 investigations into landlords letting out via Airbnb or other short let platforms. The Daily...

It looks as if a prominent local authority in Scotland is going to temporarily scrap the country’s tight rules on who...

Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...

The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...

While parts of Britain are considering tightening rules over Airbnbs and other short lets, the Channel island of Jersey appears to...

Insurance experts claim there are new issues facing short-let landlords following Airbnb's worldwide ban on the use of security cameras inside...

The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...

A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

Airbnb is banning the use of security cameras inside rental properties from the end of April. Airbnb currently allows security cameras in...

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

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...

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

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

Airbnb has released new figures showing that the typical host landlord makes a modest £5,500 a year by sharing their space...

A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...

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

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

A bid to make three Northumberland holiday cottages available as permanent private residences has been rejected by planners. At a time when...

A short lets management service is making a pitch to win landlords who let out just one, two or three properties...

A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...

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 local authority in a tourist hotspot claims that local landlords have “overwhelmingly” backed a move to clampdown on Airbnbs and...

Thousands of Britons earning from letting their spare room or using parts of their home on platforms like Airbnb could be...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

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

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...

A clampdown has found 18 council homes were being unlawfully sublet on Airbnb and other short let platforms. The investigation led by...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

Airbnb says the large majority of private tenants want to boost their income, including through sub-letting rooms in their homes. In a...

Airbnb hosts - even those using just a spare room for occasional letting - will be amongst those subject to new...

A tenants’ union has developed an app which it claims makes it easy to complain about short lets. Living Rent - a...

The rise of platforms such as Airbnb has opened up new possibilities to generate extra income by renting out spaces.  From spare...

Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...

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

Airbnb is linking up with private landlord agency OpenRent to offer reduced-price gas and boiler safety certificates. The short lets platform says...

A six week consultation is now underway as a council bids to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

Owners of short-term let properties are being urged to apply for a licence under Scotland’s short-term licensing scheme before the October...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...

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

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

A non-for-profit hospitality group wants tighter regulations and restrictions to be imposed on Airbnb properties which affect both the rental market...

A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...

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

The price of holiday lets in South West London have skyrocketed by 30 per cent due to surging demand from visitors...

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

Airbnb has linked up with Neighbourhood Watch in a bid to stamp out anti-social behaviour in short lets this summer. As part...

Airbnb says it’s using screening technology to weed out anti-social tenants this summer. The short lets platform has launched what it calls...

New data appears to show that the number of active short lets is lower - and not higher - than in...

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

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

With the government considering short let landlords having to seek planning consent for the use of complete houses, AirBnb has announced...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Rising numbers of landlords are likely to switch to specialising in holiday rentals and short-term lets in the months ahead, an...

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

The top UK holiday hotspot for 2023 is Yorkshire, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages’ latest Staycation Index report. Known for its picturesque...

A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the government to bring forward a clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets.  The government...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...

New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...

Airbnb is offering a £100 travel coupon to new Hosts welcoming their first Airbnb guest during the King’s Coronation in London...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he’s going to make changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament...

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

Airbnb claims its so-called ‘spare room’ landlords earn an a rage of just £2,400 a year - the equivalent of a...

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

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

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

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

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

York council has set out strict guidelines for Airbnb style short lets and for holiday rentals.   A statement from the Labour-controlled authority...

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 Welsh Government has opened a three month consultation on changes in regulations for holiday let landlords. The Welsh Government - a...

The trade body representing hosts and suppliers to the short let industry is calling on people to defray cost of living...

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...

In a bid to show it is clamping down on raucous guests, Airbnb has released details of thousands of parties it...

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...

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