Propertymark has urged London’s Mayor to crack down on short-term lets through licensing in a bid to tackle over-supply in the capital.
Short-let property owners in Cornwall, Edinburgh and Westminster had the most bookings in the UK last summer.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering a tax raid on holiday let owners, it emerged over the weekend.
MPs have been given more details of the Government’s plans to clamp down on holiday lets in tourism hotspots following Michael Gove’s announcement this week.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has turned on Tory colleagues by labelling the Renters (Reform) Bill “desperate tinkering at the edges” which won’t help landlords or tenants.
Leading letting agent Marc von Grundherr (pictured) has labelled the government’s crackdown on short lets “ironic”, given its hard line on buy-to-let landlords.
A landlord looks set to lose his leasehold flat after being caught renting it out on Airbnb by his freeholder.
A banned Bristol landlord is under investigation after at least nine of her properties appeared on Airbnb.
Airbnb and two other big short-lets platforms have agreed to share their data on guest numbers and nights booked with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to help shape policy decisions on the sector.
