2023

In the seven years that we have been issuing rental accommodation reports for the Irish market, we have generally struggled to find positive news. Then in our last report we talked about some ‘slight easing’ in the Dublin market, albeit that this easing was counter-balanced by a myriad of continuing problems, ongoing price inflation being the main one. In this report we are happy to confirm that the supply situation in Dublin continues to improve thanks largely to new-build rental supply. However, as always, there is a flip side, the real problem in Dublin has flipped from being one of availability to one of affordability.

2023

While there have now been seven months during which availability of rental homes has improved year-on-year, Dublin has been the only real beneficiary, and in a minor way. Indeed, the entire island of Ireland remains in dramatic deficit when it comes to high quality affordable rental accommodation.

2023

Ireland rental update Q2 2023: With the latest market data there are, as ever, a multitude of facts and figures, which depending on where one looks, could indicate a market getting better or worse.

2023

Ireland rental update Q1 2023: For over a decade now, the Irish rental market has been characterized by worsening availability and, as a consequence, higher and higher rents.

2022

Ireland rental update Q4 2022: Yet again we are obliged to state the obvious, that the indisputable evidence from the rental market in Ireland, reaffirmed in very clear terms by the latest data, is that the Irish market is chronically starved of properties.