Edinburgh council has said a drop in Airbnb listings in the Capital suggests its crackdown on short-term lets is working. Officials noted there were around 3,350 fewer whole properties being offered for short-term letting on the booking site at the end of last year compared to 2019. The local authority has introduced new licensing and planning rules in a bid to “manage the number and location of STLs across the city”. Planning convener James Dalgleish said the “end result” of these would... Read this story
