holiday lets
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Latest property news
‘Looming end to furnished holiday lets rules will push out landlords’
Claim is made by three tax experts just two weeks before HMRC's huge changes to FHL tax benefits, enjoyed by landlords since the 1980s.
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Regulation & Law
Minister says holiday-lets registration scheme to go live ASAP’
Tourism minister Chris Bryant says initial set-up work is now complete and that only 'technical matters' on how scheme will run need to be sorted out before a launch.
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Rental market
REVEALED: Royals earning £1.4m a year from blue-blooded short lets
Average room price for royal room is more than £1,300 per week as extent of Windsors' short let and holiday cottage empire is revealed.
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Products & Services
Huge increase in holiday-let mortgage products revealed
While Labour and before them the Tories talked up measures to restrict holiday let units in tourism hotspots, mortgage lenders clearly have other ideas.
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Regulation & Law
Agent slams council over holiday home restrictions
Rhys Elvins from Abersoch estate agents Elvins says Gwynedd Council's Article 4 direction will just restrict an open market for homes not create more affordable ones for locals.
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Rental market
Holiday lets ‘free-for-all’ over as HMRC cracks down
HMRC has started almost 2,000 investigations into income earned by holiday homeowners in the last year.
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Latest property news
Cotswolds most profitable UK region for holiday letting
Sykes Holiday Cottages’ boss Graham Donoghue says the majority of holiday let owners have never considered exiting the market, with half of owners even contemplating buying another holiday let, despite tax changes.
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Latest property news
Campaign group urges even more regulation of holiday lets
Generation Rent says higher taxes, more planning rules and a national register are still not enough to stop holiday lets causing 'misery'.
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Latest property news
REACTION: Chancellor drops bombshell budget on agents and landlords
Jeremy Hunt announces in Budget he is scrapping the short-term lets tax regime, and abolishing stamp duty relief on multiple dwellings.
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Latest property news
Landlords must soon seek planning permission for new Airbnbs
New rules are to allow councils to place planning requirements on holiday lets, the Government has said following a year-long consultation.
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