AirDNA report: coronavirus causes boom for non-urban rentals in the US

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental data provider AirDNA has released a report revealing how urban, suburban, and rural vacation rental markets are responding to the growing impact of COVID-19 in the United States. Monitoring the severity of the situation daily, the company is navigating through a diverse industry to report new insights on how each market is […]
Guesty and AirDNA reveal top ten US ski cities for “investability”

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Short-term rental property management software company Guesty has teamed up with short-term rental data provider AirDNA to find out the top ten U.S. ski cities in which to invest in a vacation rental property – i.e. their “investability”. Lots of people think of pools and pina coladas when they hear the word ‘vacation’, but […]
AirDNA partners with real estate data platform Cherre

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental data provider AirDNA has partnered with New York-based real estate data platform Cherre. Cherre will integrate AirDNA’s findings into its database, allowing New York real-estate investors to connect the short term rental market with possible investment decisions. AirDNA sales director Sarah Dupre said in the announcement: “Our partnership with Cherre puts AirDNA […]
Short-term rental ‘avengers’ seek fair regulation with new playbook

Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Twenty short-term rental advocacy figureheads have teamed up to create a video playbook of actionable initiatives that aims to unite the industry in prompting local governments to enforce more consistent and fair regulations affecting short-term rentals. The participants in the Vacation Rental Advocate’s Playbook include figureheads that are regarded as “the nation’s most effective […]
Impact of protests on Hong Kong travel industry revealed

Reading Time: 2 minutesHong Kong: The impact of the ongoing protests in Hong Kong on short-term rental business in the city has been revealed, as hosts and hotels report significantly fewer bookings ahead of the peak travel season. According to short-term rental data provider AirDNA, only 50 per cent of rentals listed on Airbnb in Hong Kong were […]
Empowering rental professionals with data: AirDNA’s James Kinnersly

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: AirDNA international sales manager James Kinnersly speaks to ShortTermRentalz at the first Short Stay Summit in Barcelona about empowering short-term rental professionals with market rates and recommended rates, and his predictions for booking trends in the space in 2020. For more information, visit the AirDNA website here.
AirDNA publishes first Short-Term Rental Index on the US market

Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: The first-ever Short-Term Rental Index from short-term rental data provider AirDNA reveals that in many markets across the US, vacation rentals are still a thriving industry and a prosperous business. In 2018 alone for example, 1.8 million properties across the country were purchased with the intent to earn short-term rental revenue. However, with the […]
AirDNA analyses the state of Dubai’s rental market

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDubai: Short-term rental data provider AirDNA has analysed the state of the vacation rental market in Dubai in a blog post, following a surge in vacation rental business and opportunities in the City of Gold. With Airbnb launching its own website in Arabic in May and Dubai preparing for its much-awaited Expo 2020, AirDNA revealed […]
Belfast City Council initiates rental platform review

Reading Time: 2 minutesNorthern Ireland: Belfast City Council will review the impacts of rental platforms like Airbnb on the city after a reported 40 per cent rise in bookings in the country between May 2018 and May 2019. The figure, calculated by short-term rental data provider AirDNA, was disputed by Airbnb as being potentially ‘misleading’ and ‘inaccurate’ as […]
The best and worst U.S. cities for rental arbitrage revealed

Reading Time: 5 minutesUS: Vacation rental data provider AirDNA has assembled a list of the best and worst cities in the United States for rental arbitrage, i.e. renting a property on a long-term lease to rent as a short-term rental. Rental arbitrage is being recognised as the latest trend to engulf the vacation rental sector. For example, AirDNA […]