Renting

70% of Dublin’s ‘new’ private rented sector housing has no sustainability rating

Majority of Dublin's big apartment landlords not implementing sustainable processes that would maximise value of their investment, CBRE research finds

Local property tax paid on more than 500 homes by 26 landlords

Overall, nearly 1.5 million owners paid LPT for 1.88 million properties across the country in 2024

Irish consumers adopt cautionary stance as housing costs sap investing confidence

High rents and rising house prices a top concern for nearly a quarter of survey respondents

RTB tribunal orders tenant to vacate Galway property she was renting for almost 20 years

Mother of two says housing charities and local council advised not to leave the property because ‘there is nothing else out there’

Institutional investors can help to bring an end to Ireland’s housing crisis

Regulatory policy must be grounded in stability and simplicity to attract the required capital

Migrants to Ireland hit ‘disproportionately’ by poverty after housing costs despite being better educated

One in five migrants in Ireland is ‘income poor’, and 14.5% are at risk of poverty, compared with 11% of Irish-born residents, ESRI finds

Rent pressure zones ‘effective’ in controlling rents but have triggered fall-off in supply, says ESRI

ESRI puts forward three options to replace rent pressure zone structure, which now operates across 66 urban areas in 17 counties

‘I grew up in an apartment in another country. I bought an apartment in Dublin and had to get out after a year’

We asked readers which type of home they would prefer to live in an apartment or house long term, and the results are in

No such thing as good news for Ireland’s housing supply

The ‘ultimate solution’ has not changed - build more homes

Finglas village site with planning for 48 apartments seeks €2.25m

Former Dublin pub with full planning for 48 new homes

Why is it so hard to buy a one-bed apartment in Ireland?

Few developers cater to the market for single people and banks often require higher deposits

What do I need to know in order to rent out my parents’ former home?

I’m leaning towards keeping the property for my children

‘People shouldn’t have to live the way we are’: Limerick housing crisis pushing people into homelessness

Limerick city saw the largest annual increase in rents in the country last year, according to Residential Tenancies Board data

Kelly Earley: ‘Mass emigration has robbed me of friends and Dublin feels like a ghost town, but I’m still here’

My devotion to Ireland is one-sided; the country rarely reciprocates

‘I don’t write a lot of personal stuff’: author Róisín Lanigan on being married, divorced and surviving cancer before her 30s

The Irish author is on the cusp of publishing her debut novel, which reflects on the realities of the housing crisis for young people

Government is now a property octopus with tentacles everywhere

It hard to imagine a bigger kaleidoscope of policies and measures sitting beside any property market in the world

Significant support for tax breaks for developers among homebuyers, MyHome finds

Survey dominated by buyers believes incentives are needed to increase supply of rental properties and homes to buy

Landlords with 100-plus tenancies in Dublin now have 26% of rental market

Number of institutional landlords in capital has grown, with average rent for new tenancies at €2,226

Reference rents not the solution to the challenges in Ireland’s rental sector

Allowing rent resets when a home becomes vacant, along with greater opportunities for maintenance and improvements to be recouped, represents the best way to resolve issues in the rental market

Taoiseach signals intention to expand private sector role in home building

‘We have to simply work on attracting private sector investment into house building at an appreciable scale that will make the difference’

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