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New Study Illustrates the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Short-term Rental Regulation

Short-term rental technology companies have created a vibrant marketplace for peer-to-peer accommodations so it comes as no surprise that the popularity of short-term rentals...

North Carolina Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity To Hold Public Meeting March 17

North Carolina Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity is holding a public input meeting on short-term rental regulations facing Wilmington homeowners. The meeting will be held Thursday,...

Arizona state senate votes to protect right to rent

Arizona state senators voted to block local governments from restricting property owners from renting out their homes for short-term or vacation rentals. By Howard Fischer...

HomeAway, TurnKey leaders pen open letter to Austin City Council to protect vacation rentals

This week the Austin City Council once again tackles the issue of short term rentals, and leaders from HomeAway, TurnKey Vacation Rentals, BedandBreakfast.com, OnceThere, and KeyToAnywhere...

Travel Tech Addresses Austin City Council About Pending Legislations

Today the Austin City Council will debate an initiative that potentially phases out short term rentals. The Travel Technology Association (Travel Tech), the trade...

Ojai, CA Bans Vacation Rentals and Votes to Subpoena Airbnb and VRBO

There will be no vacation rentals allowed in Ojai. After a year of debate, public hearings, policy proposals by a focus group, and suspension of...

Homeowners sue claiming property value drop a result of rental restrictions

Flagler County Commissioners were served this morning with letters and copies of property appraisals from 35 property owners showing that the county’s anti-vacation rental...
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Colorado vacation rentals pit neighbor against neighbor

By Nick Coltrain, Coloradoan --Mountain guide Kurt Johnson picked his home in Estes Park for its sweeping views and quiet wilderness. His home is attractive for...

Ex-Clinton advisor joins Airbnb to run global policy

Chris Lehane, a lawyer and political consultant who previously worked for Bill Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign and as Vice President Al Gore's press secretary, has joined...

HomeAway voices opposition to proposed Austin short-term rental rules

By Michael Theis --As the Austin City Council is set to consider a series of changes to the city's short-term rental ordinance, representatives from Austin-based vacation...

NYT: Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions

Early in the evening of July 4, Micaela Giles’s mobile phone started sounding alerts, and a series of messages straight out of a horror...

Coldwell Banker Vacation Rentals Proposes Alternative to Ocean City’s Planned Short Term Rental Restrictions in R-1 District

OCEAN CITY – MD Coast Dispatch --The Mayor and City Council agreed Tuesday to explore further an alternative suggested to the proposed R-1A district...

Austin Report: Short-term rentals not a neighborhood problem

Short-term rental regulation has been a hot topic as sites like Airbnb gain popularity in non-traditional vacation rental markets.  As everyone in the VR...

LiveRez Donates $5,000 to Fight Vacation Rental Regulations in San Diego

LiveRez is all in with its partners, fighting for fair vacation rental regulations in San Diego. The company recently donated $5,000 to the San Diego...
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California cities miss the boat on vacation home sales by imposing rental restrictions

While the fourth major California city voted to ban traditional vacation rentals under 30 days and pushed to legalize Airbnb’s homesharing, the National Association...

Airbnb Buddies up to North Carolina Cities

BY TAYLOR KNOPF --North Carolina guests renting rooms and apartments through Airbnb soon will begin paying sales and hotel occupancy taxes. The online vacation rental...

Airbnb annihilates vacation rentals…again…in Santa Monica

Led by Airbnb, Santa Monica banned vacation rentals for less than 30 days, but legalized “home-sharing” -- in which the occupant rents a couch,...

Flagler County Sued by Vacation Rental Manager

Ponte Vedra, FL - - - - - Fighting to protect the property rights of vacation rental owners in Flagler County and the privacy...

Judge raises concerns over HomeAway suit against San Francisco’s Airbnb law

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A federal judge Friday raised concerns about vacation rental marketplace HomeAway's challenge to a San Francisco ordinance regulating short-term rentals...

Carl Shepherd weighs in on HomeAway suit against San Francisco’s Airbnb law

Earlier this month HomeAway, the leading marketplace for vacation rentals in the U.S., sued the city of San Francisco over the new short-term rental...

HomeAway sues San Francisco over Airbnb ordinance

HomeAway, the nation’s largest vacation-home rental site, on Monday filed suit against San Francisco saying its new law to regulate short-term rentals in private...
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Airbnb wins, vacation rentals lose in San Francisco

After six years of operating in San Francisco, Airbnb will finally become legal on its own home turf. The city’s board of supervisors voted to legalize...

Vero Beach: Not giving up fight against vacation rentals

A TCPalm.com headline posted today, “Vero Beach abandons fight to ban short-term vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods,” is more than a little misleading. In truth,...

Hawaii Economic Impact Study to be Released: 26,500 Vacation Rentals in Hawaii

Hawaii has about four times as many vacation rentals for travelers than the state’s tourism agency previously believed. A new study indicates there are about...

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