A nation of renters?
Should you dump your aspirations of home ownership in favour of lifelong renting?
A tiny, one-bedroom apartment adjacent to the Beacon Hotel in Sandyford hit the rental market last week in the usual form, a listing on an estate agency website. Within minutes, it prompted 25 phone calls from apartment hunters anxious to secure a viewing.
Soon, the agency was so overwhelmed with queries it had to remove the ad altogether. “The phones just rang off the hook,” said Eileen Sheehy, managing director of Sherry FitzGerald ...