Australia may have the right to collect more tax from multinationals such as Uber and Airbnb that send profits through low-tax nations in Europe following this week’s historic European Commission decision on Apple…

On Wednesday, at a hearing where the Portland City Council decided to extend the “housing emergency” for another year, Portland Housing Bureau Director Kurt Creager gave testimony about what he and his bureau see as one of the causes of homelessness: short-term rentals, like Airbnb, taking formerly affordable homes off the market…

Airbnb said Thursday it removed 44 Portland listings earlier this year that violated local laws and could push housing costs higher, but the company argued such listings aren’t the norm…

Laguna Beach officially has new rules regarding short-term housing — the Airbnb-style hotel alternative…

Nashville’s short-term rental properties — like Airbnbs and VRBOs — could be dramatically limited by the latest regulations proposed this week by members of the Metro Council…

Landlords are taking their flats off the open market, and advertising them instead on holiday websites like Airbnb, warns an industry report. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) claims the trend will mean fewer homes for rent, exacerbating the housing shortage…

Despite some recent legal turbulence, Airbnb’s revenue soared 89 percent in July 2016 relative to the same time last year. The data comes from a report from e-commerce analytics firm Slice intelligence, which gathers its data from e-receipts. Slice does not disclose revenue figures, only revenue growth. In June 2015, however, Airbnb reported that it was on track […]

Airbnb could be using Iceland as a testing ground for an active Google advertising campaign – with negative social repercussions for locals, says a tourism studies expert. Hermann Valsson has been monitoring Google adverts for accommodation in Iceland for the past six years. He recently conducted an experiment where he searched for ‘hotel reykjavik’ as if […]

A group of Toronto residents and owners took back control of their condo building this week from short-term rental companies they say had stacked the board of directors against them, and were allowing the building to be run like a hotel. The group involved in the meeting Tuesday night also has a message to dwellers of other condos: Be prepared, […]

Airbnb listings in Vancouver condos continue to raise concern among some homeowners and renters. Vancouver resident Diane Felske was shocked when she sold her one-bedroom Olympic Village apartment this summer, only to find it listed on Airbnb weeks late..