2024

The modest improvements in rental accommodation availability we discussed in recent reports, primarily in Dublin, have seriously regressed and we are now in a situation where the inventory of rental properties is in serious decline, a situation we have been in so many times in the recent years. Sixteen months of improving availability has not just come to an end but is regressing quite rapidly. Spare a thought too for the extremely difficult conditions outside Dublin in cities such as Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford where availability has collapsed, and prices are soaring.

2024

Price inflation eases but there are new clouds on the horizon. Our latest report presents two different perspectives as we head into the second half of 2024. While there is a definite slowing in price inflation which we discussed in our last report (noting however that prices are still rising), we are very concerned that the availability of rental homes in the Dublin market is falling once again, after 14 months of (slightly) improved availability.

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.