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Housing 101


John Arnold points us to this table on new apartments and pointedly notes that the population of LA (18.5 m) is more than 7 times that of Austin (2.5m).

MR readers will not be surprised to learn that apartment prices are falling in Austin.

Meanwhile the WSJ reports another shocker, New York’s Airbnb Crackdown, in Force for Two Years, Hasn’t Improved Housing Supply. But guess what has happened? Ok, you don’t have to guess. Hotel prices have increased:

Hotels tend to benefit from tighter Airbnb restrictions, especially in New York City. Significantly reducing the number of apartments that can be rented for less than 30 days undeniably boosts demand for hotel rooms in a city visited by tens of millions of tourists a year.

Without the law, “we would be in a catastrophic situation,” said hotelier Richard Born, who owns 24 hotels across the city.

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