Journal of Urban Economics, September 2020 n this paper, we assess the impact of Airbnb on housing rents and prices in the city of Barcelona. Examining very detailed data on rents and both transaction and posted prices, we use several econometric approaches that exploit the exact timing and geography of Airbnb activity in the city. These […]

A court has dismissed a motion by seven short-term landlords to appeal the decision of a provincial tribunal that sided with the city’s regulations of Airbnb-style accommodation in November.

Joyce Lim, a tenant at the Ice Condos in downtown Toronto, observed in late May how strangely clean and quiet the lobby of her building had become.

‘Ghost hotels’—buildings that are filled with short-term rentals to tourists—have cleared out amid the coronavirus pandemic and left Airbnb profiteers saying it’s ‘impossible’ to find anyone for their apartments.

Airbnb has caused plenty of controversy since it first arrived in Toronto.

A Toronto landlord who discovered her condo unit was being rented out repeatedly on Airbnb — behind her back by someone tied to a property management company — has won her case at the Landlord and Tenant Board…

Airbnb listings, especially “commercial listings” by hosts who own multiple properties, mean fewer homes people can live in for the long term. That can cause city-wide ripple-effects on rent increases, according to a new study from the DC Working Families Party…

Property owners are under investigation over whether hundreds of flats and houses in central London are being illegally let out amid the Airbnb revolution, Parliament was being told today…

New apartments are being bought in Sydney purely for letting via online holiday rental agencies such as Airbnb, rather than as residential homes, a NSW Liberal MP has claimed…

Blow up your idea of what Airbnb is. That’s the message Fairbnb, which represents everyone from housing advocates to condo owners to hospitality workers, is sending to city councillors and everyone else in the city…