When budget changes kick in and how to claim them
Dates that consumer changes - such as income tax, fuel allowances, childcare and rent relief - come into effect
Renting
Public spending hits record level as watchdog sharply criticises Budget 2027
A package of tax reductions announced by Minister for Finance Simon Harris will see lower and middle income workers benefit
Rent tax credit increased to €1,150 for single people
Minister for Housing James Browne said there was no need for an increase in the €500,000 ceiling despite construction inflation
Landlord must pay €20,000 for evicting tenant from property she then used for short-term lets
RTB tribunal rules Gerda McLoughney should have offered Dublin 2 apartment back to man when her plans changed after husband’s death
The slow death of the buy-to-let mortgage
They once turbo-charged the property market. Now they’re a dying breed
Ires shares jump on €726.7m bid from Barings International
Board of Dublin-listed property firm ‘minded to recommend’ deal if formal offer emerges
Dublin landlords selling up in greater numbers amid new rent rules
Downsizing accounts for just 4% of Dublin housing sales, DNG report shows
Tenant exit and flat rents weigh on €300m Dublin office portfolio
Income falls at one office fund controlled by Axa and Kennedy Wilson following rent review
Rent tax credit will be increased in budget, Taoiseach says
Government also examining energy and fuel measures
Corporate landlord credits profit surge to housing shortage
A firm linked to Axa’s investment arm reported €24 million of earnings from its rental investments in Ireland last year
Households renting or headed by younger people hit harder by inflation
New research by Central Statistics Office highlights differing impact of inflation
Landlord who advertised house at higher rent after evicting family ordered to pay €15,000
Tenant had to move several times after eviction and remained ‘very affected’, Residential Tenancies Board hears
It was billed as effortless London luxury. Then tenants found out the rules
Shard Place’s policies, including those on guests and delivery riders, have frustrated many renters
Archbishop of Dublin criticises ‘exploitative’ landlords and denial of right to housing in Ireland
Dermot Farrell says ‘young people have all but given up the hope of having a home of their own’
First-time homebuyers can get some two-bed apartments with mortgage of €1,100 a month
The company has sold 350 apartments in its new Seven Mills development, with mortgage payments on some units estimated at about €800 a month
Sharp rise in rents charged to new tenants as reforms took effect, RTB reports
New tenants charged average of €1,839 per month, while existing tenants paid €1,513
Third-level students warned of tightening accommodation options as CAO offers come in
Gardaí urge students seeking vacancies to protect themselves against financial scams
Tenants who found Ukrainian family living in former apartment fail to have complaint upheld
Tribunal found landlord, who was in receipt of Accommodation Recognition Payment, had not ‘abused the termination process’
Properties to rent in Dublin fell by 18% despite new rules, report finds
New rent regulations triggered record 4.4 per cent hike in average market rents in first quarter
Landlord laments ‘interference’ in rental market as tenants ordered to pay €31,000 in arrears
Ronan Carolan told an RTB tribunal that ‘bureaucracy and paperwork’ made removing tenants ‘near impossible’
Advice for first years: ‘You don’t find yourself at university, you kind of create yourself there’
Bel Aghedo has completed her first year of a law degree at University of Galway
Are you too late for campus accommodation? What should you do now?
On-campus housing can be both expensive and difficult to secure
Ires Reit sees profits triple as new rent rules ‘unlock’ capital
State’s largest landlord said revenue increased by 1.1 per cent to €43.1m for six months to end of June
Higher energy prices and rising rents increase cost-of-living squeeze for Irish households
Latest Consumer Price Index indicates inflation rose by 3.4% in July
Bill proposes to close mandatory charges ‘loophole’ in student rents
Legislation geared to prevent college landlords using higher service fees to circumvent 2% rent-control limit, says Labour Senator Laura Harmon
Scan a QR code to find Berlin’s biggest political problem
As rents continue to climb, housing has emerged as the defining battleground of Berlin’s September state election
Property firm told to stop demanding tenants disclose financial information on HAP forms
WRC orders landlord to pay €7,500 in compensation to man who challenged the practice
Long-term renting offers a lasting solution to Ireland’s housing problems
Piecemeal policies have unsettled landlords and failed tenants
‘There’s so few things to do that don’t cost money’: Dublin named 14th dearest city for students
Dublin has been ranked as the 137th least affordable of 150 cities in a new report
More than 18,000 availed of €14,000 rent-a-room tax relief in 2024
Near doubling of people availing of scheme in six years, Revenue figures show
Department ‘not keen’ on increasing cost-rental State funding, says Housing Agency
System for providing home for low and middle income workers facing growing financial viability risks in Dublin
What Vienna and Marino can teach Ireland about making housing affordable
The lesson from Austria is that tenants here pay too much for cost rentals. But as the past examples of Marino and Cabra showed, there is a better solution
Homelessness ‘risk’ for hundreds of refugee families sparks exchange between Ministers
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan downplayed concerns of a Cabinet colleague and said refugees were moving to Dublin because of a ‘desire to live in this region’
Former Ballymun shopping centre site to be redeveloped into 564 apartments
Land Development Agency to build cost-rental homes up to 12 storeys tall
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