Tag: Airbnb
More young adults are living with their parents due to the “perfect storm” of high inflation and rental costs in Denmark
The proportion of young people aged 20-24 who live with their parents has grown by 8 percentage points in just one year. Today, almost a third live with their parents. According to Denmark’s statisticsis the highest proportion since it began collecting data in 1986. Young people still move away from home, but at a later […]
Make this the month you make friends … It’s July!
Moving to Denmark with your family can have many challenges: from the struggle to find a new home and schools for your children, to finding the best place for your morning coffee. Fortunately, you have also landed in the best city in the world to start a family in what is one of the happiest […]
Uber Leaks: The lobbyist offered the former Prime Minister of Finland positions in top companies
Alexander Stubb (NCP) and his close aides met representatives of ride-hailing company Uber several times between 2015 and 2016, when Stubb served as prime minister and finance minister, according to leaked documents seen by Yle’s investigative unit MOT. Yle reported on Monday that the files shared by Uber were leaked International Consortium of Investigative Journalists […]
Lokal Round-Up: Chokerende knivstikkeri af læge bedøver beboere på Amager
Et chokerende knivstikkeri på Amager i går har fået en læge til at kæmpe for sit liv. Det formodes, at lægen var på hjemmebesøg på Holmbladsgade, en vej, der går fra Amagerbrogade i retning mod Amager Strand, som var spærret af efter hændelsen. Den mistænkte er en 30-årig mandDen ansvarlige mand, som blev anholdt hurtigt […]
At the house: holiday home rental in Copenhagen is a good deal
Copenhagen may be one of the best cities in Europe to host an Airbnb, according to an analysis by Uswitch, a price comparison service based in the UK. Copenhagen came in sixth place in terms of total earnings, which gave the city’s Airbnb hosts an average monthly turnover of 6,351 euros – about 47,000 kroner. […]
Friday’s newspapers: Political fires, empty homes and US Senate committee support Finland’s NATO application
Helsingin sanomat newspaper wrote The Center, the National Coalition Party (NCP) and the Left Alliance will meet for their annual meetings this weekend. The members of the Center Party will meet in Lappeenranta, the NCP will head to Kalajoki and Pori will host the Left Alliance. All three chairs, Annika Saarikko (Center), Petteri Orpo (NCP) […]
Report: "Historic" Change in rental expenses in Helsinki
The Helsinki region has seen "historic" changes in rental costs according to a recent market report by Statistics Finland. The figures show that rents for non-subsidized housing fell by 0.3 per cent in the Greater Helsinki area and by 0.2 per cent in the city of Helsinki in the first quarter of 2022 compared with […]
YLE: In Helsinki’s high-quality suburbs, 10–30% of houses are empty
In 2020, the share increased by two percentage points in Kruununhaka, four percentage points in Kluuvi and five percentage points in Kaivopuisto. The rise of unoccupied housing in certain high-quality residential areas is a sign of a new phenomenon, views Juhana BrotherusChief Economist of the Finnish Mortgage Association (Hypo). “Statistics suggest that wealthy people buy […]
Hypo: Finns are moving to live their own lives at a younger age than ever before
The coronavirus epidemic is estimated to have encouraged young people to become independent by reducing competition for rental housing in university towns. The availability of apartments previously leased to short-term tenants through platforms such as Airbnb has also increased the options for prospective tenants. “In the longer term, the reason is that more homes have […]
Tenants in the Helsinki metropolitan area enjoy a wider choice, lower rents when supply exceeds demand
There are now more than twice as many apartments for rent in Helsinki as before the Covid pandemic, although larger landlords are not yet cutting rents. Tenants were expected to return to the market when Finland left behind the Covid restrictions, but it will take longer and longer to find rental housing, at least in […]
Mass violations of tax law
Airbnb has provided the Icelandic tax inspector with data that has raised suspicions of massive tax violations by Icelanders in connection with the use of a website that brokers accommodation to tourists. The case is described today by Fréttablaðið, where it is stated that the gravity of the infringements depends, inter alia, on the amounts […]
Criminals hire hackers to carry out digital bank robberies
– We see a new and very worrying development, where criminals have found completely new platforms to hire hackers who can deploy and make destructive attacks, get money out of those who are attacked or do espionage, says Minister of Defense Trine Bramsen (S ). This can be done by a ringleader hiring a hacker […]
Cottage dreams
Ah! Summer holidays in Denmark! What did Grundtvig once say? Or was it Holberg? Wait, it was definitely Sidney Lee: “July in Copenhagen is like ‘Triffiden Day’ every single day.” Or for a more modern reference, it’s like coronavirus locking, but without the endless press conferences. Nothing happens and the whole city is deserted. For […]
Airbnb predicts the travel boom of the century
Airbnb, which has focused on renting out people’s homes, believes that travel will pick up speed as more and more people are vaccinated and restrictions are removed. This is an upswing for travel that we have never seen before, according to CEO Brian Chesky. During the first quarter, bookings and revenues increased, but Airbnb, which […]
The availability of rental housing in Helsinki is better than ever, the city official tells YLE
“There has never been such a situation in Helsinki,” he said. One of the analytical factors is the devastating impact of the epidemic on the restaurant and accommodation business, which has traditionally been a major employer of young people. Another factor is the flow of units previously marketed to short-term tenants in the online hosting […]
Record number of rental apartments in Helsinki
One of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic has been the increase in the number of vacant rental dwellings in the Finnish capital. According to the City of Helsinki’s housing program manager Mari Randell, the number of rental apartments vacated over the past year has gradually increased and there are currently about 2,000 homes online. […]
A platform for renting apartments in Copenhagen that you can trust
When it comes to finding an apartment in Denmark’s largest cities, you face one of the biggest challenges in your life. Today, it is almost impossible to find a reasonable apartment under acceptable conditions and within a realistic price range that fits into your budget, and it seems that you either need to know someone […]
Private parties stopped by police: So many were fined
This is stated by police inspector Rasmus Skovsgaard in the Copenhagen Police. In an apartment on Købmagergade in the inner city, there was life and happy days, and that made the law enforcement move out. An organizer claimed that it was a birthday party and that it was all legal. – But it turned out […]
Renting And Being Foreign In Reykjavik
Upon first moving to Iceland, the primary factor that must be arranged is a place to live; if one is from outside the European Economic Area, in most cases this has to be established before even setting foot in the country. For immigrants who are moving to Iceland on their own or with their family, […]
Airbnb rose like a rocket on the first day of trading
The stock value more than doubled when Airbnb debuted in the stock market. The reduced demand for housing led to the company cutting costs and personnel, and despite large losses at the beginning of the year, the company made a profit during the third quarter. But Airbnb has shown that it can withstand the challenge […]
FACTS: Police would sell 83 firearms to suspects
* Danish police said yes to an offer to participate in and continue the investigation. * The indictment is partly about the delivery of 20 firearms in July 2019 to an address in Vamdrup, where a Romanian man had rented an apartment through Airbnb. * And partly about the purchase of another 63 weapons, of […]
Grapevine Tips ‘n’ Tricks # 3: Finding a Place to Live
Cultural editor Hannah Jane Cohen and news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine discuss looking for a place to rentwhether you are interested in renting a room or want an entire apartment. If you have other suggestions and suggestions on this topic, please leave them comments from our video. If you want us to discuss other topics, […]
Monday leaves: Child poverty, empty apartments and a cold wind blowing
The Save the Children report, published on Monday, suggests that child poverty in Finland is still a problem. Helsingin sanomat newspaper reports According to the study, more than half of the children from low-income families interviewed said they were either worried or very worried about the future. About 80 percent of children in low-income families […]
