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© Irish Independent |
17 Apr '25 |
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Kennedy Wilson and Axa refinance $510m of Irish PRS loans in market test
One of Ireland’s biggest private-sector landlords, Kennedy Wilson, has refinanced loans backed by 1,689 Irish apartments in a move that highlights investor interest in the battered private rental se - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
17 Apr '25 |
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Twenty six landlords have more than 500 units each in Ireland
The Revenue figures also showed that 186 individuals, companies, or entities had property tax liability for 50 to 99 houses or apartments.
A further 80 paid LPT for ownership of between 100 and 199 - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
27 Mar '25 |
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Rent pressure zones ‘effective’ in controlling rents but have triggered fall-off in supply, says ESRI
The report found that ongoing tenants experienced annual rent increases of 1.3-1.5 per cent on average in rent pressure zones Dublin and 1.4-1.7 per cent in RPZs in other parts of the State, compared - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Feb '25 |
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Ronan Lyons, Michael O'Flynn, Dermot O'Leary: Reference rents not the solution to the challenges in Ireland’s rental sector
Nine months after its release, the recommendations of the report of the Housing Commission are finding new prominence in the context of recent comments from the Taoiseach about the need to attract int - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
24 Feb '25 |
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Daft.ie Rental Report Q4 2024, Year in Review
This latest Daft.ie Rental Report shows that, once again, rents are rising almost everywhere in the country. Over the course of 2024, rents rose in 52 of the 54 markets covered in the country. This ma - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
19 Feb '25 |
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Call for emergency housing plan as private rented sector grinds to a halt
Hooke & MacDonald: The construction of apartments for Ireland’s private rental market is almost at a standstill, with just two large schemes in Dublin’s docklands now nearing completion. That’s - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
10 Feb '25 |
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Google strikes deal to rent Boland’s Mill apartments to frontline workers
Lawyers at the tech giant have reviewed the proposal for years to assess if it was possible to rent the homes specifically to teachers, nurses and gardaí - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
10 Feb '25 |
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Taoiseach signals possible end to Rent Pressure Zones by end of year
Mr Martin said on Sunday that the Government would explore an alternative to RPZs between now and the end of the year when they are due to expire.
He said the Government was looking at changes to t - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
07 Jan '25 |
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Dublin is 9th most expensive city in Europe to live and 4th for rental costs
Looking only at rent costs Dublin came fourth, behind London, Zurich and Geneva and ahead of Amsterdam and Luxembourg.
Average monthly rents in Dublin ranged between €2,294 and €2,704 depending - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
19 Sep '24 |
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Paul McNeive: Rent caps have reduced the supply of housing and led to rising rents
Since the creation in 2016 of Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs), I have been predicting in this column that their effect would be to reduce the supply of new housing and increase rents – the exact opposite - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
13 Sep '24 |
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Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above legal limit in past two years
The preliminary findings of a study published by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) on Thursday found that 29.3 per cent of tenants in Co Dublin and 25.9 per cent of tenants in other RPZs had a ren - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
30 Aug '24 |
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Ireland’s rental market is so dysfunctional even the data does not make sense
The year-on-year increase in Dublin, according to Daft, ranged from 4.1 per cent in north Dublin to 2.5 per cent in South Dublin, which is lower than the RTB figure of 6.2 per cent for Dublin.
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© The Irish Times |
08 Aug '24 |
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Just 43 Hap rental properties found in latest survey, with few outside Dublin
The report found that 1,178 properties were available to rent at any price across surveyed areas, a year-on-year increase of 26 per cent. The percentage of rental properties on the market that were av - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
08 Aug '24 |
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RTB: Smaller landlords account for 40pc of rentals, despite claims of large exodus
The figures appear to contradict claims from landlord representative groups and estate agents of a big exodus of smaller landlords from the sector. This works out at around 40,000 tenancies for landlo - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
01 Aug '24 |
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New technology that can inform you about a rental property’s history, good and bad
He told me: “Everyone has a story, good and bad, about a place they rented, but these stories vanish once that tenant leaves. It’s time for a fairer rental market. Would you buy a used car without - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Jul '24 |
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Drop of more than 20,000 tenancies in Ireland last year as landlords ‘flee the market’
A possible cause of the drop is the removal of historical tenancies from the register, said the RTB. However, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (Ipav) argued it was down to landlor - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
16 Jul '24 |
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The Residential Tenancies Board annual report: a market that remains broken
Policy needs to change, with the rent pressure zone rules leading to a two-tier market where existing renters are protected but supply is falling and prices rising for those looking for a lease. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
03 Jul '24 |
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RTB investigating landlords who started new tenancies after evicting people because they were ‘selling property’
Ireland’s rental watchdog is investigating dozens of landlords who registered new tenancies after evicting people because they claimed they were selling the property.
Owen Keegan, interim director - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
22 May '24 |
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Irish Property Owners’ Association urges politicians to end failed measures adding to burden on strained rental sector
The Irish Property Owners’ Association, IPOA, has issued a stark warning that the continuation of rent pressure zones (RPZs) and indefinite tenancies will further constrict Ireland’s already strai - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
22 May '24 |
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Irish Rental Report Q1 2024 | Daft.ie
RONAN LYONS: The figures in this latest Daft.ie Rental Report give both some good news and some fresh reasons for concern. The good news relates to the significant slowdown in inflation while the conc - Subscribe |
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