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He Bought 5 Acres Sight Unseen for $77,000 and Documented Walking It for the First Time
Buying land you’ve never set foot on sounds like a recipe for regret, but one man decided to find out the hard way what that gamble actually looks like. Luke, […]
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Alameda Council Votes Today on Tying Every Short-Term Rental to a Primary Residence
Alameda’s City Council was scheduled to vote today, September 15, 2026, on an ordinance that would rewrite the basic rules of who’s allowed to run a short-term rental in the […]
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Lexington Weighs Whether Three Unhosted Short-Term Rentals Can Keep Operating
Lexington, Kentucky’s Board of Adjustment took up a question this week that a lot of guest-limit-heavy cities are wrestling with right now: whether operators running short-term rentals without an on-site […]
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Pennsylvania Township Orders Two Short-Term Rental Hosts to Stop While It Writes Its First Rule
Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania has never had a short-term rental ordinance on its books, and the gap just became impossible to ignore. Township supervisors voted to authorize their solicitor to draft […]
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Seattle Agent Says Tech Layoffs, Not Rates, Are Keeping Buyers on the Sidelines
The housing market conversation has been dominated by one number for years: mortgage rates. But in Seattle right now, a Redfin agent says the bigger story is happening in office […]
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Google Nest Cameras Are Facing a Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Without Consent
Google is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses two of its most popular smart home products of quietly scanning the faces of anyone who walks by, whether they knew […]
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City of Chicago Is Suing Airbnb Itself Along With One of Its Own Highest Volume Hosts Over What Officials Call a Pattern of Illegal Short-Term Rentals
Chicago’s Department of Law has taken the unusual step of suing Airbnb directly, rather than just going after the host accused of breaking the rules. The city’s official announcement names […]
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Beverly Hills Planning Commission Deadlocked Over a Plan to Turn Forty Four Ultra Luxury Condos Into Nightly Rentals at One of the City’s Newest Towers
Beverly Hills’ Planning Commission couldn’t reach a decision on turning one of the city’s newest luxury towers into a nightly rental building, splitting 2-2 on August 27, 2026, over a […]
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Folly Beach Property Owners Filed a Class Action Demanding Refunds of Rental Permit Fees They Are Calling an Unauthorized Tax Collected Since 2022
Property owners on Folly Beach, South Carolina, are asking a court to hand back years of fees they say the city never had the authority to charge in the first […]
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Airbnb Guest Broke His Own Wrist Slipping on a Rental’s Wet Wooden Stairs and Is Now Suing the Company Over Exterior Steps That Had No Handrail
A wet wooden staircase with no handrail has landed Airbnb in a Palm Beach County courtroom. Ariel Ruiz filed a premises-liability lawsuit against the company after slipping on the exterior […]