REFinBlog

Editor: David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School

September 30, 2016

Airbnb’s Tourist Tenements

By David Reiss

The New York State Independent Conference issued a report, Tourist Tenements in the Making. The report concludes, New York City has long been at the forefront of ensuring that its housing stock is safe for residents. We have instituted laws … Continue reading

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February 29, 2016

Airbnb Host Tax Break

By David Reiss

Newsday quoted  me in Tax Breaks You May Have Overlooked: Airbnb, Dental Bills. It reads, It’s time for that dreaded annual date with Uncle Sam. You worry about how much it’s going to cost you. He’s usually not one to settle … Continue reading

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February 4, 2016

Tale of Two Airbnbs

By David Reiss

CBRE has issued a report, The Sharing Economy Checks In: An Analysis of Airbnb in the United States. It opens, The sharing economy has become a prominent though not well understood economic phenomenon over the past several years. Airbnb is … Continue reading

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January 26, 2016

Airbnbigbusiness

By David Reiss

Researchers at Penn State have posted a report, From Air Mattresses to Unregulated Business: An Analysis of the Other Side of Airbnb. The Executive Summary reads, As the popularity—and controversy—over short-term rental platforms grows in the public arena, this report takes … Continue reading

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December 9, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

On the Value of Shared Bike Systems in Urban Environments: Evidence from the Real Estate Markets, Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Marios Kokkodis & Theodoros Lappas. Planning an Affordable City, David Schleicher & Roderick M. Hills, Jr., Iowa Law Review, Vol. 101, pp. … Continue reading

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November 18, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Introduction to Special Issue: Government Involvement in Residential Mortgage Markets, W. Scott Frame, Real Estate Economics, Vol. 43, Issue 4, pp. 807–819, 2015 (Paid Access). How Does the Federal Reserve’s Large‐Scale Asset Purchases (LSAPs) Influence Mortgage‐Backed Securities (MBS) Yields and … Continue reading

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November 5, 2015

SF’s Airbnboom

By David Reiss

The Christian Science Monitor quoted me in San Francisco Votes Down Airbnb Limits: Can Competing Interests Be Balanced? It reads, in part, A defeated ballot measure in San Francisco, which would have imposed further restrictions on users of Airbnb and similar websites, … Continue reading

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