The number of properties in Greece now commercially exploited through short-term AirBnB-type leasing has apparently doubled during the past year, available data shows, with the number expected to rise further in the near future.
The “downside”, according to real estate market analysts, is a current shortage of residential housing – mainly apartments – in certain central districts of Athens, especially around popular tourism sites and metro stations, as well as popular urban tourist destinations in the provinces.
Conversely, the crisis-devastated building sector is experiencing a mini revival in the country, not through new constructions but mostly by renovations on properties destined for short-term leasing to tourists and visitors.
Meanwhile, according to the chief of the independent public revenues authority, Giorgos Pitsilis, the number of property owners and managers that registered on a newly unveiled Internet platform for the mandatory declaration of income from AirBnB-type leasings exceeds 15,000 so far.
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