Short-term rentals
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New short-term rental regulations coming to Nova Scotia
Taking effect on September 30th, Nova Scotia's new short-term rental regulations are intended to help make more long-term housing available.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Short-term rental registry stuck in manual
Toronto relies heavily on manual review processes for oversight of approximately 8,400 registrants currently approved to offer short-term rental accommodations in their principal residences.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Report sheds light on Canada’s short-term rental supply
A new report from Statistics Canada indicates the number of short-term rental units has grown by 60 per cent since 2017, potentially taking valuable rental housing off the market.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
The road to more rental housing
Canada's fall economic update includes steps to crack down on short-term rentals and billions in financing toward rental housing construction.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
BC introduces new rules on short-term rentals
The B.C. government has introduced legislation to rein in short-term rentals and add back housing to the rental market.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
ApartmentLove announces significant expansion
Users of the AprtmentLove booking platform will now have access to an additional 120,000 short-term rentals in more than 80 countries around the world.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Leveraging your parking during lease-up
Jeremy Zuker, co-founder of WhereiPark, offers effective ways to make use of your empty parking stalls during the lease-up period and beyond.
REMI Network
Tougher regs for short-term rentals commence
New rules for short-term rentals take effect this week to ensure operators only rent out their primary residences on short-term rental sites.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
European landlords pursue longer term leases
Short-term rental housing providers in major European cities are now pursuing local tenants and advertising more mid- and long-term availabilities as a hedge against slumping international travel.
REMI Network
Licenses needed for short-term rentals in Vaughan
The City of Vaughan is regulating its short-term rental market after a bunch of public consultations that started in 2018.
REMI Network
Tribunal upholds Toronto’s short-term rental by-law
Toronto’s short-term rental regulations are no longer in limbo after the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal dismissed operators' appeals on Monday.
CondoBusiness
New fees and taxes spell Alberta revenue boost
New budget announces plans to double various land title fees, apply the 4 per cent tourism levy on online short-term rental transactions and bring all public sector pension fund investment management back under AIMCo's purview.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
The long-term impact of short-term rentals
Rules surrounding short-term rentals have been the subject of much debate in cities all across Canada. What will the long-term effects of the new rules be on Toronto's multi-res apartment owners?
REMI Network
Condo corp partners with Airbnb in Canadian first
As some condo corporations struggle to enforce rules against short-term rentals, one condo corporation has rolled out the welcome mat for Airbnb.
CondoBusiness
Survey finds majority opposes home-sharing services ban
With short-term rental rules on the horizon, a group is touting the survey finding that a majority of Canadians oppose a ban on home-sharing services.
CondoBusiness
Pan Am and the sport of short-term rentals
A security expert says condos need to have a plan for responding to short-term rentals ahead of tourist draws like the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.