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Rental Sector

Housing

Tánaiste: tax treatment of small landlords is ‘not fair’

Martin tells Business Post government working to ‘shift the balance’ in rental market
  • Killian Woods
  • March 19, 2023
Housing

Micheál Martin rules out landlord tax breaks ahead of Budget

Tánaiste says government will avoid ‘knee-jerk’ reactions when considering incentives to stem the flow of landlords out of rental sector
  • Killian Woods
  • March 14, 2023
Housing

Why landlords are refusing to live with current renting rules

Small, or accidental, landlords are leaving the market in increasing numbers. Can the government persuade them to stay with tax incentives and improved terms, or has it left it too late?
  • Killian Woods
  • March 5, 2023
Housing

Ires Reit drops plans to build 400 apartments in Sandyford

The real estate company is to dispose of its Rockbrook development site
  • Killian Woods
  • March 4, 2023
Housing

Landlords waiving eviction rights should get tax breaks, says policy paper

Focus Ireland and Chartered Accountants have devised a list of policy measures government could implement to stem the exit of small landlords from the rental market
  • Killian Woods
  • February 23, 2023
Housing

Rent cost inflation in 2022 stood at its highest level in almost 20 years, new Daft report shows

Ronan Lyons, associate professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin, said rental prices continue recorded double digit inflation last year due to a “chronic” lack of supply in the private rental market
  • Lorcan Allen
  • February 13, 2023
Housing

Landlords leaving rental market blame high taxes and low profits

RTB survey shows feeling among landlords that taxes are too high and regulatory environment is too stringent
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 1, 2023
Planning

Dublin student village refused planning permission to prevent ‘overbearing’ on nearby properties

Hazelwood has sought permission to build two new rooms for its shared accommodation on Botanic Avenue
  • Killian Woods
  • January 25, 2023
Legal

Landlord fined after trying to raise rent by 61% in pressure zone

Wow Investments said it was unaware the property it listed for €1,850 per month was previously leased out
  • Killian Woods
  • January 25, 2023
Tourism

Failte Ireland: communities need a balance between Airbnbs and private housing

Tourism body says register will provide insight into how much accommodation is available in Ireland
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • January 25, 2023
Housing

Bedsit investors make a 200% return flipping properties to investment fund

Nassarius Capital acquired 24 houses divided up into bedsits in Ireland last year for €50.6m
  • Killian Woods
  • January 14, 2023
Housing

No homeowner using Airbnb told Dublin council about rental nights details

People using short-term letting platforms are legally obliged to tell the local authorities how many nights they rented out their properties
  • Killian Woods
  • January 7, 2023
Housing

Developer Gannon puts €3.8m rental homes on market

Clongriffin properties being sold with tenants in situ, offering gross yields of between 6 per cent and 6.5 per cent
  • Killian Woods
  • January 4, 2023
The Big Interview

‘It’s time we stop viewing social housing as a burden on society’ – David Carroll

Depaul chief executive David Carroll believes ending homelessness is an achievable goal, but not under the government’s current housing plan or with society’s current perceptions of social housing
  • Killian Woods
  • December 22, 2022
Tourism

Government places no limit on short-term letting licences

New licence system set up to regulate sector and return up to 12,000 illegal lets to main residential market
  • Killian Woods
  • December 12, 2022
Housing

New-build apartments on Airbnb for €5,900 a month

New-build apartments intended for long-term lettings are being advertised on Airbnb at more than double the regular price
  • Killian Woods
  • November 19, 2022
Housing

US investment fund to benefit from continuing strong rental demand

Kennedy Wilson, which is one of the country’s biggest landlords, is expected to add a significant number of residential units to its Irish portfolio next year
  • Killian Woods
  • November 5, 2022
Housing

PhD researchers struggling with the cost of living, cancer research charity warns

Research bodies are ‘not able to attract and retain talent’ because people cannot afford to live in the cities where the research is happening
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • October 29, 2022
Comment

Sarah Hamill: Winter eviction ‘ban’ does little more than buy the government time

The problem with the rental market is not over-regulation but bad regulation, poorly enforced
  • Sarah Hamill
  • October 22, 2022
Housing

Does Generation Rent finally have the politicians on its side?

As Fine Gael agrees to implement opposition policies such as an eviction ban and renter’s tax credit to avoid a winter homeless disaster, the political balance may be gradually shifting away from landlords to renters
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 22, 2022

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