Airbnb’s Impact on San Francisco – How we helped the SF Chronicle get the data behind this news story
Everyone who lives in a busy metropolis like San Francisco has had to deal with rising house prices and decreasing availability. Business insider reported that the median price for a 1-bedroom in San Fran was $3,100/month – officially making it more expensive than New York.
But did you know that rental services like Airbnb, Homeaway and Flipkey could be partly to blame? In a recent article, the San Francisco Chronicle analysed the latest data from these sites to determine just how bad these services are for the real estate market.