Berlin is cracking down on Airbnb in order to keep local rents under control. A new law makes it illegal for owners to rent out entire apartments to tourists without a permit from the city.

Voters in Berlin, Germany, want the city to expropriate hundreds of thousands of apartments to stop speculation by big property developers — but it's too costly and probably illegal. As Germany ...

And just how will expropriating hundreds of thousands of apartments work anyway? Still, the message to authorities was powerful: It received more than 56 percent of the vote. On Monday ...

The city-state is buying back 6,000 former public housing apartments to fight skyrocketing rent. But parties on all sides are criticizing the price tag. Berlin's state-owned housing company ...

Thousands of Berlin holiday apartments may soon be put back on the rental market, thanks to a recent court ruling. And the EU has made it easier for cities to make space affordable. Berlin's local ...

By Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Rental prices on more than 1.5 million Berlin apartments will be frozen or lowered for five years as a result of new legislation aimed at halting a recent spike in rents ...

A familiar story “I am absolutely determined to return such misappropriated apartments to the people of Berlin and to newcomers,” Geisel said, as quoted by the AFP. Berlin has called on ...

Berlin has turned down a developer’s plan for 106 apartments and new retail along the Berlin Turnpike. A developer using the name 550-554 Berlin Turnpike Associates proposed the project for the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s city government said Friday it is buying some 14,750 apartments from two large corporate landlords for 2.46 billion euros ($2.9 billion) — a deal announced a week ...