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Rental
Rents are down, vacancy rates are up in NYC rental market
Aug 14, 2020
A July report shows landlords are having a harder time finding tenants in the pandemic.
Short-term rentals spur businesses around new services for visitors
by
Nina Keck
Apr 2, 2018
As more and more vacationers book private residences for trips, using sites like Airbnb or HomeAway, there’s no front desk to call when they need something. So online concierge services and other support businesses are springing up in response. The New Jersey-based concierge service Stock the House, for example, provides somebody who will do grocery […]
Disrupting the hotel industry and urban economies
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 26, 2017
Leigh Gallagher dives into the story of Airbnb in her new book, looking at how a business idea turned into a multibillion-dollar company.
A taste of hipster chocolate
Dec 23, 2015
Here are the numbers we're reading and watching for Wednesday.
How investors are profiting off a 'rentership society'
by
Stan Alcorn
Oct 10, 2014
The housing crisis created a slew of new landlords. Does an investor makes a good one?
Does 'something rented' count as 'something borrowed'?
Sep 9, 2014
Wedding clothes rentals are officially online.
Shocker: Rent is very, very high
Aug 22, 2014
A new study from Zillow pegs median rent at $1,318 per month nationwide.
For public good, not for profit.
Is vacation rental site Airbnb illegal?
by
Molly Wood
May 27, 2013
Last week a judge in New York ruled online vacation rental site Airbnb is violating laws against running illegal hotels.
Investors turning foreclosed homes into rentals
Mar 23, 2012
According to Bloomberg Markets Magazine, private investors are buying up foreclosed properties by the bushel and renting them out at a profit.