rent pressure zones
State’s largest private landlord estimates its rents are 20% below market value
Ires Reit says Government rent reforms will allow it to unlock ‘significant value’
Rise in number of properties to rent but still below pre-Covid levels despite rule changes
Legislation overhauled RPZ system and allowed landlords to reset rents between tenancies
Government was advised that rent reforms carried ‘significant’ risk of evictions
Housing Department’s analysis of new regulations conceded they would cause average rents to ‘increase in the short term’
What will new rent rules really mean for Irish tenants?
Significant overhaul of private rent control system will take force on Sunday, affecting all new tenancies
Dáil sounded like a Formula 1 grand prix this week but was really a slow bicycle race
Inside Politics: Changes to rent regulations prompt high-decibel bad-tempered exchanges
Landlord Ires Reit back in profit and increases revenues despite selling some units
Irish listed company says its average monthly rent rose 2.1% last year to €1,852 as it sold off some lower-value properties
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Property professionals give their views on demand, Government schemes and housing completions
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Rental market reforms in Ireland will come into force from March
Will the Government’s rent control legislation help or harm tenants?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Ardstone buys site for 1,400 homes as it closes in on Ires as largest Irish landlord
Company was behind biggest Irish purchase of apartments in 2025 and among the most active rental developers
Rent reforms ‘already’ improving sentiment among apartment developers, says Ires Reit
State’s largest private landlord on track to sell 50 apartments this year
We need 75 firms building 400 units each a year to meet housing targets
International capital rather than labour and skills is what’s required to meet housing targets
Rental crisis to intensify as ‘starved of supply’ housing stock dips below 2,000
Housing stock is now less than half of the average available supply between 2015 and 2019
Galway students face 18% rise in private accommodation costs
Residential Tenancies Board says rent pressure zone rules apply irrespective of length of tenancy
Proposed rent tax credit reforms face opposition in budget talks
Special relief for tenants in new builds and extending the carer’s allowance are among measures planned in October package
Dublin college increases fees in on-campus student accommodation in RPZ loophole
Residential Tenancies Board says an increase in service charges is permissible under rental laws
Property firms seek temporary VAT reduction to boost viability
Industry body Irish Institutional Property highlights rising cost of construction in ‘already distressed property market’
Number of landlords investigated over serious breaches in rental law doubles
RTB has started 249 new investigations into deliberate breaches of rental law so far this year, compared with 124 in all of 2024
Plan to increase on-campus housing for students is delayed again
Only project to be opened so far under funding from student plan is 116 beds at Maynooth University
Student accommodation group defers €500m investment amid sector uncertainty
Global Student Accommodation Group has deferred the investment amid policy uncertainty over the sector
Housing commencement figures down nearly 80% so far this year
Government unlikely to meet housing target this year, Department of Housing data suggests
Average monthly rents now twice those of Celtic Tiger peak, data shows
First-time buyers in Dublin may now need six-figure salary to qualify for mortgages
How many TDs and Senators live in rented homes?
A survey by The Irish Times suggests landlords outnumber renters by some distance among the politicians in Leinster House
Majority of calls to housing charity concerned about tenancy being ended
Most callers who contacted Threshold were working professionals, with 46% stating wages as main source of income
Government cannot afford to deliver the homes Ireland needs without big investors
Return for private sector from housing needs to compensate for risks taken and foregone returns from investment in other countries
‘When do new rental rules take effect?’ ‘Can I be asked to move out now?’ Your tenant and landlord questions answered
We recently invited readers to submit queries on incoming rental changes. Here’s a selection of them, with our responses
Private rental sector has lost more than 43,000 properties over past five years
Ireland’s ‘stringent rent controls’ have led investors to seek more favourable markets in recent years, according to Sherry Fitzgerald
Value of sanctions against Irish landlords for breaches reaches highest rate, RTB figures show
Investigation finds extensive overcrowding at multiple properties with mattresses laid on floors
What the new rent rules mean for landlords and tenants
In the News podcast: To clear the confusion around new RPZ rules we asked our readers for their questions
Delays to housing plan could push it back to September
Government figures say plan could not be completed until funding review of multi-year infrastructure delivery programme published
Former Ires activist Vision to lose one board nominee as it cuts stake below 3%
Two Vision directors appointed after truce at Ireland’s largest listed landlord last year backed board view opposing sale or break-up of business
‘A load of bull’ that Sinn Féin is on the side of working people, Tánaiste says
Simon Harris claims Sinn Féin is the ‘wealthiest party’ and property owner in the Dáil
Minister seeks to ease fears of Airbnb hosts over new short-term letting rules
Many people live in the homes they are renting out and so will not need planning permission, says James Browne
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