Renters and households with children most likely to have income that doesn’t match needs - ESRI
New study finds Irish households on average need 45% of disposable weekly income, after housing costs, to cover basic expenditure
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Housing in Ireland is among the most expensive and most affordable in the EU. How does that happen?
Despite high property prices and rents, Eurostat finds Ireland faring much better when it comes to affordability
‘No magic wand’ to bring down prices of cost-rental homes, says Housing Agency director
New schemes testing affordability limit with some units in Dublin costing up to €1,775 a month for three-bed property
Love and the housing crisis: Living together because the rent is too high
To what extent has the fabric of our intimate lives in post-recession Ireland been shaped by the real economy?
Number of registered landlords up by 5.7% in a year
Number of registered private tenancies increased by 8.4% to 236,198
Finding a solution for a tenant who can’t meet rent after splitting with partner
Accommodation Recognition Payment or Rent a Room are two schemes that might bridge gap between what tenant can pay and agreed rent
Ireland’s largest private landlord sells dozens of properties as part of restructuring
Ires Reit said it has completed the disposal of 37 properties as part of its target of 315 identified in a strategic review
There’s great drying out. Unless you live in an Irish apartment
In Ireland, property management companies seem wedded to ludicrous standards about what is and isn’t acceptable to be seen
‘We bought our son a flat in his name but we took the rental income’
Parents weigh inheritance valuation on gift subject to a very informal family arrangement but unwanted tax issues may arise inadvertently
‘A rental is still your home’: How to decorate when renting without risking your deposit
Renters can be reluctant to waste money on decorating. But choosing items you can bring with you – or getting your landlord to pitch in – can help create a home you love
Cost-rental apartments at O’Devaney Gardens priced at almost €1,900 per month
Cost-rental maximum of €1,895 for O’Devaney Gardens and €1,742 for Oscar Traynor Woods
Dublin now second most expensive place in Europe to live - survey
London is the only big city where it is more expensive for so-called digital nomads to set up shop
How working abroad can make it easier to secure a mortgage back in Ireland
Tens of thousands of Irish people go abroad every year: many see it as a short-term plan to turbocharge their homebuying prospects
I rent out a property for €1,400 a month. Can I raise it to €2,300 after making energy upgrades?
I rent out a property for €1,400 a month. The open-market rent would be about €2,300
‘Broken’ landlord tells RTB she had to sell house after tenants’ dogs defecated on floors
In another case gardaí were called because landlord suspected house was being used as growhouse
Budget 2025: Tax cut, mortgage interest relief and other measures in Coalition’s final roll of the dice
USC, inheritance tax, childcare, child benefit, social welfare, college fees, VAT rate: How the budget will affect parents, students, renters, mortgage holders, farmers, pensioners and carers
Restrictive rent control must be relaxed to bring in funding for new homes
Current regime is proving to be punitive and discouraging for institutional investors
Almost a third of tenancies in Dublin had rent increases above RPZ limit
Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) study finds the national standardised average rent paid by new tenants is now €1,612 per month and highest in Co Dublin at €2,128 per month
Inflation falls to three-year low of 1.7% in August
Headline price growth in Irish economy continues to soften on back of reduced energy prices
More zoned land needed to meet housing targets over next six years
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Help-to-Buy scheme proposal would see more applicants able to claim highest payment of €30,000
Proposal costed at €40m would mean more applicants able to claim highest payment of €30,000
Call for ‘rental court’ to deal with serious tenant-landlord disputes
Body needed to deal with issues such as tenants refusing to leave after lease expires and landlords who unlawfully keep deposits, says SCSI
A family bought a flat so their student son could have a place to stay – six years on, he’s still there
Gift and inheritance tax is self-assessed but choosing to ignore rent-free accommodation could come back to bite you
Rosemary Steen appointed as new head of Residential Tenancies Board
Appointment comes as RTB grapples with technological shortfalls and delays resolving disputes
Fewer than six properties to rent per 10,000 people in Republic, report finds
Analysis by property firm Savills highlights the chronic shortage of available property to rent and buy across State
Q&A: I have owned a home for 33 years but rented it out for some time. What is the likely capital gains tax?
Part of the challenge for people who have owned assets a long time is assessing any inflation-proofing to which they may be entitled
Ireland’s rental market: chronically undersupplied and grossly overpriced
Average rent asking price nationally was put at €1,922 per month, 41 per cent higher than before the pandemic
Rents rise by an average of 7.3% in the second quarter
Average open-market rent nationwide in the second quarter of the year was €1,922 per month, Daft.ie report shows
Donegal homeowners moving into mobile homes as Government defective bricks scheme kicks in
Severe shortage of rental accommodation on Inishowen peninsula affecting families who want to have their defective homes rebuilt
Landlord not responsible for money scammed from Brazilian tenants, RTB tribunal rules
Lead tenant paid rent to landlord but overcharged the others living in the four-bedroomed apartment, tribunal told
‘There’s nowhere to go. It’s a nightmare’: Buncrana woman says she may lose rented home due to mica grants
Jade Houten has been served with a 90-day notice that her landlord wants to increase her rent from €480 monthly to €1,120 monthly
New data on increase in private rental accommodation may not be accurate picture, says economist
Conall Mac Coille concerned about discrepancy between number of registered tenancies and figures on sector from 2022 census
Just 43 Hap rental properties found in latest survey, with few outside Dublin
Number of properties available to rent at any price increased by 26%
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New technology that can inform you about a rental property’s history, good and bad
Howmuchrent.com provides tenant reviews and RTB disputes, while Ambisense predicts the likelihood of mould outbreaks in homes
A concierge, games rooms, gym and more: benefits of build-to-rent apartments – if you can afford €4,000+ a month
The apartments can be modern and low maintenance but you may have to pay extra for car parking and be tied into a certain utility provider
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Private landlords need incentives to retrofit their properties, otherwise it’s not financially worthwhile
Lower heating bills benefit tenants, not landlords, while rent caps mean they won’t get higher income from letting out cosier homes
Drop of more than 20,000 tenancies in Ireland last year as landlords ‘flee the market’
Rent: Residential Tenancies Board says possible cause is removal of historical tenancies from register
Fianna Fáil Ministers support increase of renters’ tax credit to €1,000
Minister for Finance Jack Chambers moves to dampen expectations around ‘tighter’ Budget 2025
Generation rent: Here’s how ‘forever renters’ in Ireland can look to secure their financial futures
It’s important to realise that owning your own home is not the only way to secure your financial future
Cathy Sweeney: Almost everyone I know who rents in Ireland is now desperate to find a way out of it
Somewhere along the way, residential property has come to be seen as an investment for profit rather than as a space for simply living each day
Renting in Ireland: ‘I’m constantly living with the fear that I can be homeless’
There are about 330,000 properties being rented in the private sector, but no tenant is immune from the possibility of losing the roof over their head
Threshold survey finds three-quarters of tenants struggle to pay bills after covering rent
Housing charity says that this year, 54 per cent of respondents feeling either insecure or very insecure in their accommodation, up from 48 per cent last year and 44 per cent in 2022
Savills urges easing of rental caps in next budget to arrest sharp decline in construction
Private rented sector completions in Dublin set to decline by 68% to 1,600 units in 2025, property company tells Government
Remove rent cap or supply of new properties will ‘fall away’, estate agent report finds
Retention of cap, which limits annual increases to 2% in rent pressure zones, will jeopardise future investment, Hooke & MacDonald says
Landlord who threatened to take tenant ‘by the head’ and remove her from property ordered to pay €17,500
RTB ordered another landlord to pay tenant €10,000 in damages after an illegal eviction in which the locks were changed while he left to buy milk
Rent pressure zones were meant to curb rents. Eight years later, they’re still shooting up
In RPZs such as Dublin, rents for new tenancies were up 6.5% and 5.1% for existing tenancies in 2023. In Limerick rents for new tenancies were up 25%. What’s going on?
Q&A: Rent prices - Why are Rent Pressure Zones not working? And is there any hope in sight for renters?
New report from Daft.ie shows average rents in Dublin reached €2,395 in the first three months of the year
A student’s experience of renting outside Ireland: My landlord in the Netherlands said ‘I could stay forever’
While renting in Dublin city centre, housing rights researcher Emma Nic Shuibhne was confronted daily with Ireland’s housing crisis
The landlord asked where his ‘antique toilet brush’ was and demanded recompense from our deposit
‘When you own a house, you are allowed to live in it ... without worrying that the house is starting to look occupied’
Tenant refuses to vacate my son’s house. What can he do?
My son moved abroad to work during the recession and had no choice but to rent out his property
Rents for new tenancies increase twice as fast in areas outside Dublin
The national standardised average rent in new tenancies stood at €1,595 per month in the final months of last year, with fastest growing average rent in Limerick
Not ‘pinko do-gooders’ but helpers and supporters - how volunteers power the Society of St Vincent de Paul
The charity - marking its 180th anniversary this year - relies on 10,000 volunteers to help the most disadvantaged cope with the rising cost of living and soaring rents
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