Short-term rental websites such Airbnb and HomeAway shook up real estate markets when vacation rentals began to boom online about five years ago, helping transform entire neighborhoods in New Orleans ...

HomeAway, a popular short-term rental listing website, is frowning on Jefferson Parish's new law severely restricting the practice of renting houses or rooms in houses to travelers for fewer than 30 ...

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Kayak already displays some vacation rental listings from sister site Booking.com although HomeAway's properties, many from individual owners, would give Kayak users additional choice. The ...

Photo Credit: Vacation rental owners and managers who compensate HomeAway by paying commissions for each booking can now optionally list their rentals on Expedia.com in the U.S., as well. Pictu4red, a ...

Consumers may not feel like traveling much these days. But that hasn’t stopped HomeAway, the online vacation rental marketplace, from raising an astonishing $250 million in venture capital. The Austin ...

Homeowners Susan and Bob Frank with their vacation rental property in North Topsail, N.C. In 2005, Susan and Bob Frank built their dream retirement home in North Topsail, N.C., a popular vacation spot ...

Expedia, the largest online travel services provider in the world (in terms of booking volumes), announced the continuation of its partnership with leading vacation rentals website HomeAway, last week ...

HomeAway founder Brian Sharples poses at the company's Austin, Texas, headquarters on Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett/file) The vacation rental website HomeAway filed a pair of lawsuits ...

Portland officials filed a $2.5 million lawsuit on Wednesday in U.S. District Court against HomeAway.com Inc. for violations of the city's short-term rental code, according to a news release issued by ...

San Francisco’s struggles to regulate vacation rentals in private homes aren’t over. Short-term-rental sites like Airbnb and HomeAway/VRBO would be on the hook to ensure that their hosts follow the ...

San Francisco has reached an agreement with Airbnb and HomeAway to settle a federal lawsuit and allow short-term rentals to operate in the city while complying with local regulations. The agreement, ...