Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cambridge University has discovered a link between Airbnb locations and crimes in London - Alex Robinson Photography/Moment RF ...

Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right across London, according to the most ...

Home-sharing company Airbnb has sent a full-sized house floating down the River Thames in celebration of London’s Deregulation Act, which passed last month. The act means that Londoners are now free ...

At first, Airbnb grew slowly in London. By 2012, four years after it first launched, there were only a few hundred rentals in the capital each week. Then, in 2014, word started to spread. That year, ...

Since being founded in 2008, Airbnb has risen to become a leading global property platform for short-term lets – and a company currently valued at $25 billion. The concept is a relatively simple one – ...

Around 2.8 million households across England casually rented out part of or their entire home on platforms such as Airbnb in 2017-18. These platforms are part of the “sharing economy” and have opened ...

London property and rooms rented through Airbnb can generate more than £6,600 ($7,970) of revenue in one month, according to research firm Airdna which specialises in Airbnb data. The below chart, ...