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THE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL Tenancies Board has launched a national rent index that reveals the actual rents being paid for houses and apartments across the country as opposed to the amount of rent being asked.
The Economic and Social Research Institute has compiled the database based on the PRTB’s own register of over 277,000 tenancies throughout the country.
It will provide real rent details for five different categories of dwellings with a micro level breakdown by county, postcode and townsland and by the number of bedrooms for each dwelling types.
The director of the PRTB, Anne Marie Caulfield, said it would take “the speculation and surmise out of renting”.
The PRTB also found there was an increase in rents nationally but a fall in Dublin rents.
Compared with Q1 2012, there has been a 2 per cent increase in national rents – a 2.3 per cent increase in Dublin rents and a 0.8 per cent increase in rents for outside Dublin. However, rents in Dublin fell in the first quarter of 2013, down by 1.9 per cent, when compared with the final quarter of 2012. Outside Dublin rents grew by 1.7 per cent, having fallen in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The index was officially launched today by the Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, who welcomed it pointing out that 20 per cent of households now live in the private rented sector.
People can log on free of charge to check rent levels for different locations, and dwelling types.
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@Gary Sheahan, that’s all very well but its a paid for article. One of many that this senator places on here. It’s effectively canvassing dressed up as public interest articles.. the level of patronisation is actually sickening at this stage.
@alandel: honest question, how do you know it’s paid for, don’t the normally flag that by tagging ‘Sponsored’ on it?
@David Memery: he made it up.
@alandel: Can a woman be patronising?
@David Memery: at the very minimum it is a free platform for a senator who is not chosen by the public and whom in this instance has a clear political bias.
Well I thought it a brave article to openly post. If it helps one young woman ( or man) to overcome body issues then it was worthwhile. I don’t know her but I’m sure she does other positive things in her role as Senator. Fair play to her.
@Gary Sheahan: when i think of bravery i think of omaha beach. I do not picture an overpaid politician advertising herself to the public.
As a woman in my 60s who has never voiced a comment before I have to say I loved your piece, Lynn. Our greatest challenge is ” stilling the voice in our own heads”. Well done.
Is it time to abolish the Seanad?
We need leaders who think of more things than their own body every waking moment. Ireland cannot afford to pay for this.
@Morning Gus: Unfortunately we had a chance a few years ago to abolish the Seanad and we bottled it in favour of promises of reform (which may have happened I’m not sure I care). Either way it now continues to be a waste of resources and somewhere the Taoiseach can plant cronies between elections.
We have amazing bodies. We should be proud of how resilient they are and grateful for the lovely babies they are capable of making.We should be delighted they’re still knocking around and not in the ground and that’s for sure.
Great article, Lynn
Lynn, you look lovely, genuinely.
Concentrate on putting an end to imperialism
Sanctimonious claptrap…..and a right old load of pretentious nonsense……
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