AirDNA's Midyear Call: Better to Own Than to Buy
The midyear outlook puts 2026 occupancy at 57.4% with demand and supply both up 2.7% and RevPAR up 2.9%.
Seven months after calling it the best year to invest since 2021, the framing has flipped.

The midyear outlook puts 2026 occupancy at 57.4% with demand and supply both up 2.7% and RevPAR up 2.9%.
Seven months after calling it the best year to invest since 2021, the framing has flipped.
LA approved a temporary ordinance letting second homes operate as short-term rentals through 2028.
Mega-events reliably bend local rules — and Nashville has its own event calendar to think about.
The 2026 outlook forecasts supply growth of 4.6%, ADR up 1.5%, and occupancy down 1%.
That is a decent year for operators and a mediocre year for anyone counting on the market to do the work.
A permit count came out this month that says more about your competition than any headline occupancy number.
Only 378 of Nashville's active permits are non-owner-occupied houses.
The 30-year average hit 7.04% this month, right as BNA reported a record 24.5 million passengers.
Expensive money slows new supply, which is better news for existing owners than it sounds.
Downtown led the country in hotel demand growth, and added even more supply than demand.
That gap sets the ceiling on what your rental can charge, whether you watch it or not.
The Nashville Scene counted roughly 8,850 short-term rental listings last month, up from 7,733 in late 2022.
Supply keeps climbing while the permit door stays shut. Both things are true and both matter.