Will rent-a-room scheme increase encourage more landlords to participate?
Numbers availing of tax-free income have increased steadily in recent years, with student tenants a target
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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
Farewell to Irish real estate investment trusts. You won’t be missed
Decision to harness private capital for housing market was reasonable, but problems were obvious
‘I can’t find anything else’: Father of four pleads with court enforcing eviction orders
Tenant and landlord cases before one judge reveal wider pressure in rental housing crisis
Ires shares jump on €726.7m bid from Barings International
Board of Dublin-listed property firm ‘minded to recommend’ deal if formal offer emerges
Greystar closes €180m sale of 268-unit apartment scheme to German investor
JLL Ireland advised US property group on sale to Quantum Immobilien
Dublin landlords selling up in greater numbers amid new rent rules
Downsizing accounts for just 4% of Dublin housing sales, DNG report shows
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
‘My landlord has died and their spouse has taken over. Can they increase my rent?’
‘My heating is no longer included in my rent, and my new landlord has not offered any solution’
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
Solicitor landlord agrees not to contact former tenant following High Court settlement
Muhammad Amjad alleged landlord arrived at property in ‘threatening manner’
Home price inflation slowed to 5.6% in year to June, new data shows
Average price of second-hand home in Dublin was €630,150 in second quarter, up €30,000 over past year
Dublin landlord Paul Howard loses appeal against €2.4m judgment for unpaid taxes
Supreme Court rules ‘uplift’ fee arrangement between Revenue and solicitors not unlawful in debt collection cases
Existing tenants won’t allow us access to view the home we hope to buy. What can we do?
Landlord says tenants will not permit prospective purchasers to view property while they remain in situ
‘The lift in our apartment building hasn’t been working for weeks. What can we do?’
We live on fourth floor with a toddler and having to climb flights of stairs many times a day is affecting our lives
School holidays ‘highly challenging’ for thousands of homeless children as rates rise again
Weekly snapshot does not consider overcrowded housing, refuges, couch-surfing, sleeping rough or IPAS
One of Ireland’s biggest landlords fined €26,000 for rent rule breaches
Dublin-registered Vestry Limited Partnership failed to comply with rent pressure zone requirements
Why are rents in Ireland at record levels?
Increase in rents has coincided with Government’s new rent control system coming into force in March
Rents in Ireland surged by highest level on record after new control system started
Average monthly rent nationwide for a two-bedroom apartment was €2,176 in the first quarter, Daft.ie report shows
Michael Healy-Rae has received €370,000 from Kerry County Council since 2020 for providing social housing
Limerick City and County Council refuses to provide details of sums paid to landlord and Independent TD under HAP scheme
Confusion over new rent rules causing landlords to wrongly evict, tenants’ support charity warns
Threshold says it supported more than 10,000 households in first quarter of year
‘Strong signs’ investors are returning to Irish rental market amid new rules, says estate agent
Hooke & MacDonald boss says he sees early signs of recovery in private rental sector
Do I pay the service charge on my car-park space, or is it my landlord’s responsibility?
The owners’ management company insists the payment must be made by the landlord
Will new renting rules stop me getting back into my home on my return from working abroad?
New regime coming into force this month draws a significant line between small, or accidental landlords, and large, or ‘professional’, ones
Residential Tenancies Board grants almost 1,000 applications for legal help over three years
Body has increased annual funding to enforce cases, including unlawful tenancy terminations, overholding and rent arrears
New rent Bill would add to an incomprehensible jumble and is possibly unconstitutional
This deeply flawed Bill will not in any way resolve the issue of high rents, argues Alan Shatter
Two-thirds of voters back insertion of right to housing into Constitution, poll shows
Fewer than a third of voters think Government is making progress on housing, Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll finds
Public somewhat sceptical of Government’s claims of progress on housing crisis
Issue was prominent in minds of voters at time of 2024 general election and has maintained its standing
What is happening to Irish rental laws?
Rental market reforms in Ireland will come into force from March
Landlord to keep portion of tenant’s deposit in dispute over missing ‘chunk’ of furniture
The landlord had sought more than €1,800 after claiming damage at her apartment in Dublin 4
Saving in Ireland in 2026: Five savings available to counteract PRSI rise and inflation
With few savings on offer from October’s budget, you will have to rely on your own financial nous this year
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