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![Industry Views - Airbnb Crackdown - this time it's not just Michael Gove...](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20-%20Purplebricks%20is%20right.png)
It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...
20 April 2024
From: Features
![How the circular economy can defend the holiday let industry](/upload/images/__thumbs/How%20the%20circular%20economy%20can%20defend%20the%20holiday.jpg/How%20the%20circular%20economy%20can%20defend%20the%20holiday__400x250.jpg)
Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...
27 May 2023
From: Features
![Short term rental sector creates jobs boost, says report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...
11 February 2023
From: Features
![Second Homes Taxes will backfire on wider economy - warning](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes. Earlier this...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pilot scheme announced to limit second home ownership](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![No short-term lets regulation for now - what could this mean for the PRS?](/img/default/eat.png)
Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Revealed: what are the latest rental trends as we move through 2021?](/img/default/eat.png)
As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...
13 February 2021
From: Features
![Banned? Another housing hotspot ponders second home curbs](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dozens of Tory MPs demand stamp duty extension from Sunak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agencies and businesses offered new tax and jobs schemes](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined his measures to help agencies and other businesses survive Coronavirus. His announcements - endorsed by both the...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Deep Dive: what did the Zoopla Rental Market Report reveal?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...
08 August 2020
From: Features
![Tory police chief wants holiday homes opened to key workers](/img/default/eat.png)
The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ban on new-build second homes going to a vote tomorrow](/img/default/eat.png)
Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Two-tier system can produce winners if landlords are prepared to move](/img/default/eat.png)
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
![2020 - the year of Airbnb, and the opportunity for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...
15 January 2020
From: Features
![Airbnb not subject to estate agency or lettings agency rules, says EU](/img/default/eat.png)
The European Union’s highest court has ruled that Airbnb is not subject to strict rules governing estate and lettings agents in...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Backfired! Ban on second homes makes it harder for locals to buy](/img/default/eat.png)
A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Eastern promise! Focus on Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire](/img/default/eat.png)
The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Two agencies announce international expansion - in the same country](/img/default/eat.png)
Fine & Country and JLL have both announced they are expanding their business in Portugal. Fine & Country has just opened its...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Consultation action confirms buy-to-let contempt](/img/default/eat.png)
My suspicion in my December Industry Views column that the Chancellor, George Osborne, holds certain types of property owners in contempt...
08 January 2016
From: Features
![Developer wants agents for luxury Cabo Verde resort](/img/default/eat.png)
The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...