While commercial listings on Airbnb make up a tiny sliver of the total units available, they do account for an outsized portion of profits – and that could motivate the controversial startup to focus more on those commercial listings as it grows…

If you thin it’s tough finding a decent rental in Portland now, a new analysis suggests it’s going to get worse. And, if that happens, you might just have Airbnb to thank for it…

Nearly one in six Portland homes listed on Airbnb operate essentially as full-time vacation rentals, an analysis by the data journalism website FiveThirtyEight found, a higher ratio than any U.S. city examined except Honolulu…

A new analysis of booking and revenue data for Airbnb has found the short-term rental platform isn’t likely causing rents to increase much at this point, but the company’s rapid growth and incentive for a larger commercial share could change that in the future, FiveThirtyEight reported Wednesday…

The enforcement of existing regulations on ‘sharing economy’ businesses is key to ensuring fairness between new platforms and traditional names in travel and hospitality…

“I’m not against Airbnb but what I am not in favor of is investors coming in, buying a property, evicting out tenants and then renting out the apartments for the short term on Airbnb,” said LaMattina. “I think it destabilizes a community because you are taking much-needed rental housing off the market.”…

It’s safe to say Airbnb never intended for their company to help burglars identify targets, but this scary strategy is becoming increasingly popular. Earlier this month, a 35-year-old Newark, New Jersey man was arrested for allegedly renting out a Mountain View, California home on Airbnb just so he could stake it out and ultimately burglarize it…

The good folks at Airbnb are out with a study on how fast their business is expanding in the Midwest, and it inadvertently may have provided some ammunition for City Council critics of how the house-sharing service is changing the city…

BAY AREA, CA – The incident of a Bay Area man, who leased his apartment online as a short-term rental and was reportedly burglarized by the “tenant,” drew an advice and safety response from San Francisco-based Airbnb, a worldwide marketer of unique accommodation bookings…

INDIANAPOLIS — Airbnb, a service where people traveling can rent places to live from other people, had huge growth from 2015 into 2016…