Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal has doubled-down in her fight to quash illegal hotels – including Airbnb short-term rentals of entire apartments in buildings with three or more units. Her bill would prohibit advertising of such rentals and impose penalties up to $7,500 per violation. The legislation passed in the state assembly and senate. If Governor Cuomo signs […]

Hong Kong’s hotels, under pressure to fill their rooms amid the city’s tourism slump, may become increasingly vocal in opposing the growth of Airbnb, said Denis Ma, Jones Lang Lasalle’s Hong Kong head of research…

You may have heard recently that there’s a problem with racism on Airbnb. Screenshots of racist epithets, and other experiences collected under#AirbnbWhileBlack, have revealed a few of the platform’s hosts to be angry bigots. Beyond that, there is strong evidence that black guests are being rejected, because they are black, even by outwardly well-mannered hosts. A Harvard study from […]

Airbnb’s website currently states the average Laguna house rental property costs $336 per night, that’s $4,704 for fourteen nights, netting around $4,100 to the landlord after Airbnb fees and Laguna taxes. Now consider the neighbors’ plight. California law mandates that a home seller disclose issues potentially detrimental to its value. A neighborhood STL is such an […]

In spring 1953, Robert Foster, M.D., left the Army after years of service in Europe. He drove from his hometown in Louisiana to start his civilian career in California. Wearied after many hours at the wheel, he stopped at a motel outside Phoenix. “Oh, my goodness,” the proprietor said. “We forgot to turn off the vacancy […]

Cushions with cartoon dogs on, neatly rolled towels and fresh flowers are the small details that mean the most for Airbnb guests and hosts. For one host in Hong Kong, those personal touches are replicated across 52 listings, including at least 31 flats in one building near Lan Kwai Fong…

Calls are growing for local and national authorities to intervene into the increasing use of short-term letting sites which many believe are having a negative effect on Scotland’s housing market…

Quebec’s rental board has ruled a Verdun landlord has the right to change the locks on a tenant to stop him from renting out his apartment every night, in a decision that could have consequences for other Airbnb users in the province…

Airbnb and other short-term letting sites will be a godsend for many of the visitors descending on Edinburgh during festival month. But the rapid rise of such services isn’t such good news for the city’s housing market, and calls are growing for local and national authorities to intervene…

When staying at a stranger’s private home rental on Airbnb, be on high alert when connecting your computer or smartphone to the home’s WiFi internet connection. It could be infected by a past guest…