>the service's impact in Seattle was negligible. More than 80 percent of Seattle hosts were sharing their primary residences, That second sentence doesn't foll

>the service's impact in Seattle was negligible. More than 80 percent of Seattle hosts were sharing their primary residences, That second sentence doesn't follow from the first. I know people buying houses in Seattle today who are willing to pay more than they would otherwise for a place with an extra bedroom, or even better a basement apartment, because they'll make it back and more in Airbnb rental income. And they absolutely don't have any plans to rent out the third bedroom to a regular tenant ever, so this is potential housing now off the residential market for the foreseeable future.