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Rent

Last month
February 2025
The Daily Poll
What do you consider to be affordable rent?
22 Feb
31.1k
89
your stories
Have you ever lived in a cabin or modular unit? What was it like?
20 Feb
5.9k
rent pressure zones
Cabinet committee meeting tomorrow to look at 'all different actions' to address housing crisis
16 Feb
5.8k
rent pressure zones
Renters 'bracing themselves' for increases as Taoiseach slammed over rent pressure zone comments
11 Feb
15.4k
72
Last year
2024
Renting
The average rent for new tenancies in Ireland has grown to over €1,600
5 Dec 2024
12.8k
62
The Morning Lead
Rents up 43% on pre-Covid levels amid calls for increased government support for rental sector
13 Nov 2024
11.5k
86
The Morning Lead
One-in-five private Dublin tenancies rented by landlords who own 100+ properties
It’s a different story for the rest of the country.
Eoghan Dalton
8 Aug 2024
23.5k
pulls no punches
Five main takeaways from the bombshell Housing Commission report
The report skewered Government policy over housing and said a radical reset was needed.
22 May 2024
30.3k
Eviction
Eviction notice sent to young couple in Waterford by text message was invalid, RTB rules
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
25 Apr 2024
31.6k
Daft rental report
Rent price hikes are finally dropping in Dublin but are rising everywhere else
23 Feb 2024
9.8k
All time
rent increase
Latest RTB report shows highest annual hike in new rents since the series began
30 Nov 2023
11.0k
57
Homelessness
Threshold worked with over 12,000 households deemed at risk of homelessness last year
15 Nov 2023
4.8k
27
renters
People who rent are now paying over €3,500 more per annum than mortgage holders
13 Nov 2023
20.0k
88
Renting
Threshold calls for NCT-style inspections of rental properties over concerns about poor standards
31 Oct 2023
14.4k
65
cashback
Rent tax credit to rise to €750 next year
Updated 10 Oct 2023
12.7k
6
The Morning Lead
Fewer than 50,000 renters have claimed the Rent Tax Credit so far this year
27 Sep 2023
12.5k
13
ESRI
Rent for sitting tenants is over 15% lower than rent for newer tenants in similar properties
20 Sep 2023
6.4k
19
Housing
Average rent for new tenancies in Ireland rose by almost 9% year-on-year
31 Aug 2023
8.9k
38
Renting
Over 5,700 notices to quit issued to tenants in second quarter after eviction ban lifted
10 Aug 2023
13.2k
78
Daft Report
Average rent in Dublin is over €2,300 - but rises have stabilised since last quarter
10 Aug 2023
25.2k
67
renters
Number of pensioners renting from private landlords has doubled since 2011
27 Jul 2023
11.0k
43
Report
Irish households generally don't spend more income on housing compared to elsewhere in Europe
20 Jul 2023
14.5k
46
Daft
Rents rise 1% in first three months of 2023
15 May 2023
12.4k
32
Housing
Irish Government ‘will move heaven and earth’ for older renters facing eviction, says minister
Updated 11 May 2023
22.3k
70
vacant homes tax
Cian O'Callaghan: Owners of vacant properties should either use it, rent it or sell it
Cian O'Callaghan
19 Apr 2023
15.7k
43
eviction ban
Varadkar: 'Demonisation' of landlords caused rent hikes and reduced housing supply
8 Mar 2023
14.7k
37
Housing
Threshold says 40% of tenancy terminations for property sale were invalid in last quarter of 2022
17 Jan 2023
18.2k
47
rent pressure zone
Minister to assess how co-living developments can be brought under rent legislation
10 Jan 2023
13.3k
11
Housing
Threshold answered a call every 20 minutes from private renters facing eviction so far this year
3 Nov 2022
10.1k
52
Reaction
Housing minister welcomes mortgage rule change but concerns raised about house price increases
19 Oct 2022
12.2k
10
eviction ban
Landlord group says it has 'deep-rooted' reservations about potential eviction ban
10 Oct 2022
20.2k
61
Housing
Winter eviction ban being kept under review, says Taoiseach
6 Oct 2022
7.5k
8
Housing
€1,000 rent credit just a 'starting point', as housing minister says Govt will look to increase it
1 Oct 2022
23.6k
15
FactCheck
FactCheck: Is the renters' €500 tax credit just worth seven days' rent in Dublin?
28 Sep 2022
15.7k
budget 2023
Landlord group 'shocked' at lack of supports as Donohoe says rent freeze won't work
27 Sep 2022
30.6k
53
rental crisis
New tax credit worth €500 to be introduced for renters
Updated 27 Sep 2022
30.6k
13
FactCheck
FactFind: How many current TDs own houses that they rent out?
17 Sep 2022
44.4k
Poll
Poll: Do you want to see a rent freeze?
7 Sep 2022
28.6k
49
Rental Property
Donnelly says he doesn't believe his failure to renew RTB registration warrants his resignation
Updated 1 Sep 2022
27.4k
Housing
'Unacceptable': Sinn Féin warn Meath TD over lapse in rental property RTB registration
26 Aug 2022
45.9k
9
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