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Los Angeles City Council approves short-term rental regulations in the city
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Los Angeles City Council has approved rules to regulate short-term rentals in the city, which will include restricting hosts to offering no more than 120 nights per year in their primary residence. The regulations also mean short-term rentals will not be allowed in the city’s rent-stabilised units, so much of the affordable housing will […]
Tourism Vancouver agrees partnership with Airbnb in first deal of its kind
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Airbnb has agreed a deal with Tourism Vancouver to promote the city in the first deal of its kind between a city and the short-term rental platform. As part of the agreement, Airbnb will now actively promote the city as a tourist destination via its app, social media channels and print magazine, Airbnbmag. In […]
Long Beach city council to consider tighter regulations on short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUSA: Officials in the city of Long Beach want tighter regulations for short-term rentals which would cap the number of nights a guest can stay in a residence without its host. The city currently operates under a policy whereby short-term rentals are unofficially banned, however Long Beach’s development services department would like that to change […]
Airbnb toasts “best quarter ever” with revenue exceeding one billion dollars
Reading Time: 2 minutesSan Francisco: Airbnb has said it has had its “best quarter ever” with its revenue taken in during the past three months exceeding a billion dollars. Airbnb said in a memo: “The third quarter of 2018 was the strongest quarter in Airbnb history, and the first quarter in which Airbnb recognized substantially more than $1 […]
Airbnb criticises apparent ‘cut and paste job’ short-term letting regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Airbnb has claimed measures to regulate short-term lettings and home-sharing sites appear to be ‘a cut and paste job’ from regulations in other cities. Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy announced regulations for short-term lettings on Thursday that are due to come into force in June 2019. Under the new restrictions, owners of buy-to-let properties […]
2019 Short-Term Rental Industry Predictions
Reading Time: 3 minutesMichael Goldin, director of business development at NoiseAware, a noise monitoring solution designed for short-term rentals, serviced apartments and flexible housing, speaks to STRz about his 2019 predictions for the short-term rental industry. Introduction It would be tough to think of an industry that is evolving faster as the vacation rental industry. However, since joining […]
Protests in Lisbon over soaring numbers of short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesLisbon: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lisbon on Saturday to voice their anger at soaring numbers of short-term tourist rentals and rising rents. Those marching through the Portuguese capital held up banners displaying slogans such as “Rein in rents, stop expulsions” and “enough tourism rentals”, in a demonstration that resembled others seen […]
Dublin Airbnb hosts face proposed regulations to cut down on short-term lets
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Property management companies are listing short-term rental properties based in Dublin on leasing websites before regulations targeting Airbnb come into effect. The move to list properties on sites such as Booking.com and Expedia follows on from a similar effort by property owners in other cities, including London and Toronto. The planned regulation of Dublin’s […]