Rents in Dublin are falling - but rising everywhere else
The supply of rental properties in Dublin is far higher this February than in February 2020.
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The supply of rental properties in Dublin is far higher this February than in February 2020.
Rent prices in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities have risen compared to last year.
The Bill will now be sent to the President for early signature.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced this evening that Ireland will move to Level 5 restrictions for six weeks.
The cost rental scheme will deliver 400 homes.
The latest Daft.ie report shows that the industry has ‘bounced back’ from Covid-19.
In a wide-ranging interview, the minister said his department is drawing up a detailed submission which will seek to acquire properties.
The year-on-year change reflects a volatile market according to the latest housing report from Daft.ie.
Darragh O’Brien said he wants to ensure houses ranging in price from €160,000 to €250,000 will be available.
NUI Galway is offering students a reduced rent rate next year due to the ‘hybrid’ way universities are expected to operate.
The man was arrested by gardaí in Dublin today.
Daft.ie says this drop reflects the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Murphy said new legislation would not be needed for the extension.
A new report by the Simon Communities says new properties are out of reach of HAP customers.
Daft said that the week-by-week figures suggest that “this surge may now be easing”.
There is currently a rent freeze and a ban on evictions in place as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
Businesses had been asking that rates be waived, rather than deferred, to help them stay afloat.
Half of the Dublin increase is concentrated in the most in-demand property type and area for the short-term market.
The emergency measures for renters were agreed at a Cabinet meeting today.
Government has said landlords will have to show flexibility to their tenants.
Students protested this week in UCD on more than one occasion about the high cost of rent.
The landlord has claimed the Montessori owes €1.48 million in unpaid rent.
Micheál Martin told The Candidate Podcast that he will reduce the rate rents rise in rent pressure zones.
There is a notable shortage of one-bedroom housing for single people and couples, the Simon Communities said.
Rents across the board have risen by 8.2% since last year, according to the Residential Tenancies Board.
The Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019 was brought forward by Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin.
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The bill would see rents frozen for the next three years.
One of the options outlined in the consultation open from today is to encourage a wider use of green leases.
That’s according to new research from Daft.ie.
Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil hit out at Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil.
Areas like Munster have seen large increases in rent prices this year compared to 2018.
The measure would apply to apartments that were built before 2014.
Fianna Fáil said the government’s response to the housing crisis has been “completely ineffective”.
The couple and their three children became homeless after the eviction.
Giving tax relief to renters would cost €279 million.
Macroom, Cork and Carlow met the designation criteria within the latest Residential Tenancies Board report.
Officers today called for the provision of quarters for married couples or the introduction of a rent allowance to assist them.
Housing charity Threshold says there’s an “unacceptable” number of properties checked.
Housing charity Threshold has said it is aware of several such incidents.