Spatial Variability of the ‘Airbnb Effect’: A Spatially Explicit Analysis of Airbnb’s Impact on Housing Prices in Sydney

• Published in: ISPRS international journal of geo-information Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 65
• Main Authors: Thackway, William Thomas, Ng, Matthew Kok Ming, Lee, Chyi-Lin, Shi, Vivien, Pettit, Christopher James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Airbnb; Case studies; Cities; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disruptive innovation; Housing; housing affordability; Housing prices; Medical research; Neighborhoods; Pandemics; Property values; Rentals; Sharing economy; spatial modelling; Spatial variations; Statistical analysis; Suburban areas; Suburbs; Sydney; Tourism; Uplift; Work platforms

Over the last decade, the emergence and significant growth of home-sharing platforms, such as Airbnb, has coincided with rising housing unaffordability in many global cities. It is in this context that we look to empirically assess the impact of Airbnb on housing prices in Sydney—one of the least af...