Airbnb owners in Edinburgh look set to be banned from renting out their properties unless they stick to new rules to curtail short-term lets, which have fuelled a severe housing shortage.
A limit on how many flats and houses can be used as makeshift hotels is being considered by council officials.
Estate agents have warned that registering the entire city as a controlled zone would do little to make more property available for long-term rent but could damage tourism. A third of all short-term lets in Scotland are in Edinburgh and the zone is the first in the country to cover a city.
