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renting your home to short-term guests is a booming market: Nine top tips for Airbnb property letting success George Osborne's Budget may have done little to enhance his reputation, but the Chancellor's new rules for small traders renting out rooms (or entire homes) looks likely to boost small-scale entrepreneurs. In future, we will all be able to earn up to £1,000 through property lettings before paying tax. Platforms such as Airbnb and the London holiday rental firm Veeve predict a rapid expansion in the number of 'hosts' eager to hire out everything from an airbed in their living rooms to a luxury penthouse. Good News for Airbnb Londoners - online Micro Entreprenuers  'We've had a real influx of homeowners approaching us,' says Veeve's co-founder, Jonny Morris, who launched the firm in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics. Accommodation ranges from treehouses to castles and converted windmills. Hosts and g...

Highlights for property , home owners  Mr Deputy Speaker, Cutting corporation tax is only part of our plan for the future. I also want to address the great unfairness that many small businessmen and women feel when they compete against companies on the internet. Sites like Ebay and Amazon have provided an incredible platform for many new small British start-ups to reach large numbers of customers. But there’s been a big rise in overseas suppliers storing goods in Britain and selling them online without paying VAT. That unfairly undercuts British businesses both on the internet and on the high street, and today I can announce that we are taking action to stop it. That’s the first thing we do to help our small firms. Second, we’re going to help the new world of micro-entrepreneurs who sell services online or rent out their homes through the internet. platforms such as onefinestay aribnb hostmaker  and  YourWelcome Our tax system should be hel...

Funding will support London-based proptech firm as it branches out into Paris and targets the student market YourWelcome, a UK property technology(proptech) company, has closed £400,000 in funding from proptech accelerator programme Pi Labs and Angel SyndicaStarted in 2015 by Henry Bennett and Paul Loram, London-based YourWelcome is a subscription service which enables Airbnb hosts to share in the revenue of up-selling local on-demand services. Tablets are left for guests along with house keys allowing them direct access to specially chosen taxis, takeaways or discounted shows; the start-up then takes a percentage of revenue made from every booking. Demo Day 2015 - YourWelcome The finance will support YourWelcome – which also claims to have deals in place with serviced apartment company Skyline and Easy Rental Services – as it expands into Paris and targets the student and wider property market. Th...