Housing Average rent for new Dublin tenancies rises to €2,022 per monthFigures from the Residential Tenancies Board show the average national rent was in new tenancies was €1,482
Housing Landlords leaving rental market blame high taxes and low profitsRTB survey shows feeling among landlords that taxes are too high and regulatory environment is too stringent
Legal Landlord fined after trying to raise rent by 61% in pressure zoneWow Investments said it was unaware the property it listed for €1,850 per month was previously leased out
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Tourism No role for RTB in regulating short-term lets after disagreement with Fáilte Ireland over new systemLegislation to be published establishing new registration system for homeowners and platforms
Housing New rent prices in Dublin rise above average of €2,000 a monthPrice inflation in the capital was at almost 9 per cent over the last year
Politics Donnelly paid €100 fine over late RTB registration of tenancyMinister for Health admits oversight in not registering his tenancy on apartment he owned in Sandyford in Dublin as an ‘accidental landlord’
Housing RTB to fine landlords, then pay them backRental watchdog has acknowledged and apologised for issues with new €7 million tenant registration system
Rents down in new tenancies during final months of last year Biggest decreases in Galway and South County Dublin
Company connected to Bargaintown founders fined almost €14,000 by RTB for breaking rent pressure zone rulesA company connected to brothers Alan and Norman Prendergast own a number of properties where rent was hiked above RPZ limits, a Residential Tenancies Board investigation found
€300,000 in overcharged rents returned to tenants following RTB investigationsThe tenancy board said that most of the sanctions it has issued since 2019 have related to landlords not complying with Rent Pressure Zone limits
Rents rise 8.3% as number of tenancies registered falls 31% The national standardised average rent stood €1,397 in Q3, an increase of €44 compared to the previous quarter
Minister orders crackdown on landlords dodging rent controlsA ‘concerning level of non-compliance with legislation’ is suspected by the Residential Tenancies Board, which has been looking into ‘price fixing’ following a Business Post investigation
RTB report: large landlords leaving homes empty rather than reduce rents A new survey by the Residential Tenancies Board reveals that despite the pandemic, large landlords and funds operating in Ireland have not taken a significant financial hit
