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Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

With record rent rises becoming the norm, The Big Issue looks at whether renters face more surges or if the tide is starting to turn in the favour of tenants
Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis
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Council clamps down on Airbnbs and short-term lets in bid to tackle housing crisis

Airbnb hosts may need planning permission for short-term lets in new government crackdown
Airbnb brings short-term lets and holiday lets to Cornwall
Housing crisis

Airbnb hosts may need planning permission for short-term lets in new government crackdown

Housing activists launch campaign calling for Airbnb regulation
Airbnb

Housing activists launch campaign calling for Airbnb regulation

Major building society says it will stop offering mortgages on second homes
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Major building society says it will stop offering mortgages on second homes

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots
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Holiday homes

Holiday lets outnumber homes to rent by 100 to 1 in UK’s staycation hotspots

Why second homes are a problem for housing in the UK
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Second homes

Why second homes are a problem for housing in the UK

Concern grows that rise in holiday lets is depriving communities of much-needed housing
The rooftops and sandy beaches of St Ives in Cornwall are set against the blue background of the sea
Renting

Concern grows that rise in holiday lets is depriving communities of much-needed housing

Want an Airbnb for the World Cup? That’ll be £239,923, please
Qatari capital Doha is gearing up for World Cup 2022.
World Cup 2022

Want an Airbnb for the World Cup? That’ll be £239,923, please