rent pressure zones

Residential Tenancies Board says rent pressure zone rules apply irrespective of length of tenancy

Special relief for tenants in new builds and extending the carer’s allowance are among measures planned in October package

Residential Tenancies Board says an increase in service charges is permissible under rental laws

Industry body Irish Institutional Property highlights rising cost of construction in ‘already distressed property market’

RTB has started 249 new investigations into deliberate breaches of rental law so far this year, compared with 124 in all of 2024

Only project to be opened so far under funding from student plan is 116 beds at Maynooth University

Global Student Accommodation Group has deferred the investment amid policy uncertainty over the sector

Government unlikely to meet housing target this year, Department of Housing data suggests

First-time buyers in Dublin may now need six-figure salary to qualify for mortgages

A survey by The Irish Times suggests landlords outnumber renters by some distance among the politicians in Leinster House

Most callers who contacted Threshold were working professionals, with 46% stating wages as main source of income

Return for private sector from housing needs to compensate for risks taken and foregone returns from investment in other countries

We recently invited readers to submit queries on incoming rental changes. Here’s a selection of them, with our responses

Ireland’s ‘stringent rent controls’ have led investors to seek more favourable markets in recent years, according to Sherry Fitzgerald

Investigation finds extensive overcrowding at multiple properties with mattresses laid on floors

In the News podcast: To clear the confusion around new RPZ rules we asked our readers for their questions

Government figures say plan could not be completed until funding review of multi-year infrastructure delivery programme published

Two Vision directors appointed after truce at Ireland’s largest listed landlord last year backed board view opposing sale or break-up of business

Simon Harris claims Sinn Féin is the ‘wealthiest party’ and property owner in the Dáil

Many people live in the homes they are renting out and so will not need planning permission, says James Browne

US tariffs threaten to punch €18bn hole in public finances in extreme scenario

Opposition hit out at rental reforms as ‘ramshackle, haphazard, back-of-the-envelope’ proposals

Questions over electricity supply for data centres plague the Government

Coalition could face a backlash from ministers in affected areas

Minister defends pace of Government moves after claims landlords in areas not covered by RPZs raising rents before the law extended

Emergency law will mean remaining 55 out of 166 electoral areas to become RPZs this month

Tenants and property owners find themselves in an unlikely alliance in opposing proposed reforms – albeit for different reasons

Most studies show rent controls depress development

Some in the Coalition parties fear the costs could outweigh the gains regarding changes to rent pressure zones regime while others point to the longer-term electoral picture

Domestic market in flux amid fresh round of planned reforms

The most worrying feature of the Coalition’s first six months in office has been the impression of drift. This is a step in the right direction

Government hopes more investors will deliver more homes and cause rents to fall in coming years, but the Opposition has attacked the plans

Renters such as students who have to move each year will get hammered by this provision, while other tenants are more likely to stay put

Rent Pressure Zones to be extended across the State but landlords allowed to reset rents every seven years

Average rents may increase in short term, according to research paper published as Government unveiled plans to overhaul sector

Housing is increasingly taking on the characteristics of a public good such as health or education in voters’ minds

Government agrees to extend Rent Pressure Zones and allow higher rent increases in new builds

Landlords will be classified as big or small for the first time under changes being proposed to Cabinet today

Changes are being introduced to mitigate effects rising property values have on tax bills

Rent Pressure Zones reforms will see changes for landlords and renters