NSW plans crackdown on ‘Airbnb’ rentals
The NSW government is moving to crack down on Airbnb style short-term rentals and vacant holiday homes in an effort to put some of the state’s 50-60,000 untenanted dwellings back…
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Holiday let tax could be a win for all – except hosts
With an Airbnb tax planned in Victoria and a 60-night cap approved in NSW, the free rein for STHLs is clearly coming to an end, with hidden benefits for everyone…
Podcast: Airbnb tax and other strata matters
Busy, busy, busy in the Flat Chat bunker this week. We start with a wrap-up of what went on at the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) Strata Matters conference last week…
‘Dob in B&B breachers’ plan could boost housing
We are barely into spring but the annual summer short-term rentals spin-fest, postponed for a couple of years by Covid-19, is cranking up already. On one side you have Brisbane…
Airbnb is back … but the new registry will bite
Would-be Airbnb hosts hoping to cash in on the opening up of regional travel on November 1 and even the eventual arrival of overseas visitors could be be in for…
Podcast: Airbnb update as holiday let regs put on ice
Sometimes you can be just too efficient. There we were with the NSW government’s proposed regulations on short-term letting hot off the printer, plus industry responses and reactions from apartment…
Podcast: What a great year … for pets and renters
This week’s podcast may be the first of 2021 but 2020 doesn’t get away that easily. Last year will be remembered in global politics as the year of Brexit, Trump,…
Podcast 98: A tale of two very different rentals
We are looking at two very different kinds of rentals this week. The first is build-to-rent apartments (which is definitely NOT affordable housing, regardless of what anyone else might tell…
Podcast 76: Pet bans, live crabs and gov-love for holiday rentals
There’s plenty of variety in this week’s forum, from pets to concieges, and from tourism promotions to a survey that suggests lower-income individuals and families do it toughest in apartment…
NSW Tourism promotes Sydney residential flats
Tourism NSW’s Now’s The Time To Love NSW campaign has a sting in its tale for Sydney apartment residents. The state government’s tourism arm has put its considerable promotional weight behind…
Stayz and Airbnb in war of words on register
Do you think online holiday letting agencies Airbnb and Stayz are different sides of the same coin? Well settle in for a verbal joust between the main players in the…
How Fireys may save us from holiday let hell
The NSW government released their discussion document of the proposed new short-term letting regulations this week and, of course, they make interesting reading. I will be examining the proposal for…