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My wife and I had immense difficulty finding an Airbnb rental in Prenzlauer Berg/Mitte in late May/early June, and the number of properties on offer seemed greatly diminished compared to my prior four visits. However, my prior four visits were always off-season (October, Feb-April, April again, etc.).

Moreover, hosts told us that there have been recent regulatory changes and new registration requirements which seem to have had the effect of limiting supply.

I'm back from a month in Berlin and found lots of reasonably priced apartments available. Price was generally lower than other European destinations that I've used Airbnb with. I booked the accommodation a month in advance of the trip though.

Well occupancy seems to top out at 90% in the graph, so no doubt there's still plenty of availability out there.