A Minnesota family visiting Galveston for spring break was taken aback by the condition of their vacation rental.

House bill would effectively bar Galveston from regulating short-term rentals on the Airbnb and VRBO platforms.

Texans who dreamed of living near the beach are now leaving in droves, selling off their vacation homes en masse.

The Galveston housing market exploded during the pandemic when everybody saw an opportunity in the island's short-term rental market. But things have changed.

people who had bought a house or condo as a sort of island retreat began listing them on vacation-rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, realtor Stacey Weber-Rubio of Galveston's Sand 'N Sea ...

An internet news organization last week ran a story about Galveston. The headline was: “A coastal city where every house is for sale.” ...

People were saying, "Oh yeah, buy a vacation home rental in Galveston and you will be making $5,000 a week; that's $20,000 a month and you only have... $1,000 in expenses,' Claire Reiswerg ...