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Airbnb and the housing market in the covid-19 pandemic: A comparative study of Barcelona and Lisbon
| Resumo: | Since 2010, Airbnb has had a significant impact on the housing market in all tourist cities where it operates. With a very small investment, Airbnb enables the use of residential flats for short-term rentals, creating a rent increase that ultimately excludes long-term tenants. Using data drawn from the Inside Airbnb website, Idealista, and the 2011 Census of Spain and Portugal, this article first estimates the number of commercial listings, multi-hosts, and long-term rentals lost to Airbnb in Barcelona and Lisbon; second, it measures the potential increase in rents created by Airbnb in specific neighbourhoods in both cities; and finally, it examines the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on Airbnb activity in these cities. |
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| Autores principais: | Singh Garha, Nachatter |
| Outros Autores: | Botelho Azevedo, Alda |
| Assunto: | Airbnb arrendamento de curta duração mercado de habitação COVID-19 Airbnb short-term rentals housing market COVID-19 . |
| Ano: | 2022 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Análise Social |
| Resumo: | Since 2010, Airbnb has had a significant impact on the housing market in all tourist cities where it operates. With a very small investment, Airbnb enables the use of residential flats for short-term rentals, creating a rent increase that ultimately excludes long-term tenants. Using data drawn from the Inside Airbnb website, Idealista, and the 2011 Census of Spain and Portugal, this article first estimates the number of commercial listings, multi-hosts, and long-term rentals lost to Airbnb in Barcelona and Lisbon; second, it measures the potential increase in rents created by Airbnb in specific neighbourhoods in both cities; and finally, it examines the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on Airbnb activity in these cities. |
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