HomeAway
Short-term rentals become big business
An ever-greater share of the short-term property leasing market in Greece is passing into the hands of investors and professional property managers, a trend that is also being observed in many other countries.
- Read more about Short-term rentals become big business
- Log in to post comments
Vacation rentals' registration deadline set for Feb 28
Homeowners leasing their properties through platforms like Airbnb or HomeAway have until February 28 to register these assets with the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).
Owners can also use the authority's online platform to correct or amend any details pertaining to the property they are offering as a vacation rental.
Tax authorities eye short-term lease revenues
Only 49,000 owners have declared their properties on the platform of the Finance Ministry's Short-Term Accommodation Property Register, which means that more than 35,000 owners have neglected to do so.
- Read more about Tax authorities eye short-term lease revenues
- Log in to post comments
Short-term rental takings point to market saturation
The first signs of an oversupply in the short-term rental market started to become evident in late 2018, with a rise in available properties and a drop in takings, according to data presented on Thursday at a conference in Athens.
Homesharing, tourism driving local property market recovery
Property investors are firmly focused on apartments in central Athens and tourism properties such as holiday homes and hotels, according to a National Bank of Greece report.
The office version of Airbnb
Short-term property leasing may be associated with furnished apartments and holiday homes through online platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway, but the service is fast expanding into the office market as well, where needs are equally large and require flexible solutions.
- Read more about The office version of Airbnb
- Log in to post comments
Airbnb is Playing an Increasingly Dominant Role in the Greek Housing Market
Airbnb is playing an increasingly dominant role in the Greek housing market. The owners of more than 126,000 apartments and houses in our southern neighbor rent them through the platform.
Athens draws more property investors
The frenzy of investment in properties in the center of Athens is showing no signs of abating, as Chinese, Turks, Russians and Israelis, along with Greeks, continue to acquire apartments with the aim of turning them into short-term rentals as advertised on platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway.
- Read more about Athens draws more property investors
- Log in to post comments
Athens tourism soars, but bubble is feared
Athens is successfully tapping the global trend of city break tourism, with the Greek capital enjoying an unprecedented boom of investments in new hotels and homesharing accommodation offered through online platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway, as one in six visitors to Greece spends at least one night in Athens.
- Read more about Athens tourism soars, but bubble is feared
- Log in to post comments
Greek rental market sees rates jump
The phenomenon of short-term holiday lets has shaken things up in Athens's residential property rental market, with the cost of renting a flat in Koukaki, near the Acropolis, having risen above rates in the affluent northern suburbs of Ekali and Nea Erythraia.
- Read more about Greek rental market sees rates jump
- Log in to post comments