Money For the Rest of Us

Is Airbnb Intensifying the Housing Crisis?

Jun 1, 2022

25:32

We explore whether long-term and short-term single-family home rentals are contributing to higher rents, higher home prices, and a housing shortage. What are the options for investing in this space and should we?

Topics covered include:

What is financialization
What are examples of how financialization and government policy has impacted housing
How homeownership rates vary around the world
How much of a presence do equity REITs have in the single-family home rental space
How a housing shortage and more vacation rentals show up in vacancy rates
How short-term rentals can magnify the housing shortage
What are options for investing in single-family home rentals

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Show Notes

Financialization and the World Economy by Gerald A. Epstein

Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)—United States Census Bureau

List of countries by home ownership rate—Wikipedia

The Evolution of Homeownership Rates in Selected OECD Countries: Demographic and Public Policy Influences by Dan Andrews and Aida Caldera Sánchez—OECD Journal: Economic Studies

Best Places to Invest in Vacation Rentals in 2021 & 2022—AirDNA

Airbnbs Outnumber New York City Apartments in Hot Market by Michael Tobin—Bloomberg

AIRBNB Airbnb Enables “Split Stays” to Ease Inventory Woes by Mitra Sorrells—WIT