“It comes as supply has hit a new low, with fewer than 1,800 homes available to rent nationwide as of 1 February.
This is down 22% compared to the same date in 2025 and is the lowest level of availability for this time of year since the Rental Report series began in 2006.
Daft said the drop in availability is “particularly acute” in Dublin, where the number of homes to rent is down annually by over one third, leading to the average apartment rent in the city to climb to nearly €2,700.”
IrishLad1002 on
It’s only going to get worse, and our housing crisis is beginning to bleed into and worsen other areas in society.
Renters and new buyers are being pushed out further into the commuter belt. When they all try to return to Dublin in the morning for work the M50 and any major roads shut down with congestion. This is having a major effect on people’s lives and well being.
How anyone sees this as anything other than a catastrophic and applying failure of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is beyond me.
For example, some people in my course have gotten jobs in Amsterdam immediately after graduation for €45k and rent their own apartment for 1,600. The quality of life theyll enjoy is night and day to here. That’s not even considering how much better a city Amsterdam is to Dublin.
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Substantial_Rope8225 on
Wow it’s almost like selling off public land to massive developers and foreign investors to build for profit shoebox apartments isn’t a good thing?
jhanley on
Everyone of our cabinet sitting politicians would sell their mother for a better job so why is anyone not surprised?
Lulamoon on
Rent control yet again not working. Can we please stop trying this moronic policy.
MiddleAgedMoan on
€2700 per month would service a €500,000 mortgage over a 20 year term.
StrangerExistingFact on
Minimum gross wage at 14.15 eur per hour
€27 592.50
Monthly Estimate: Based on 37.5 hours, average monthly take home pay for 2026 would be approximately
#€2,154.
Either landlords shouldn’t be allowed to charge this much, or employers to pay this much….probably both
jhanley on
And yet another court challenge to the Central Mental hospital site by the same guy who objected the last time. Were a joke of a nation
Controversial view……
Foreign investors shouldn’t be allowed to own property or land in Ireland.
Otherwise-Video7487 on
“Ireland has a high quality of living”
brianmmf on
This is average _asking_ rent, not average rent for every rental in the country. It’s vacant units and not occupied units.
Not to deny the issue – far from it – but it’s important to understand the difference.
karolaug on
I am probably going to be down voted to the oblivion but this is a controversial take.
In Manhattan the rent prices are 4-6k per month. This is a symptom of high demand and high wages in this area. The same is happening in Dublin City centre. Tere is a lot of people earning very high income that want to live there. This drives up the competition and the prices.
Similarly to Manhattan and other very high cost areas, it is not like we can build thousands of houses and apartments in the city centre. The supply is essentially capped, and the prices will reflect the demand and wealth of people wanting to live in the area.
This leads me to the conclusion that the increasing rent prices in city centre is a symptom of the success of Ireland, increasing wages and booming business opportunities.
Of course, outside of the city centre we should build more housing on vast empty lands to lower the prices of rent and ownership.
sikeGuruYappa on
This is probably gathered from the rtb registered dwellings. What’s happening in unregistered dwellings is stomach churning. People made to live in living rooms, curfews, restrictions on appliances usage and the list goes on.
The owner to my right has an attic converted 3 bed that is occupied by 8 people and is unregistered! He bought it using htb and fhs. His lives with his elder brother’s family. He rents it out to a whole football team. Mortgage about 1.2k but rent is 5k.
RealDealMrSeal on
Trust the process
No-Psychology-2430 on
Time to leave i think.
IrishGandalf1 on
Disgusting…why the fuck is there not a rent freeze!!the government ye keep on voting in doesn’t give a shit about us
Chaoticmindsoftheart on
I wouldn’t be paying that to live in a city especially Dublin lol but yeah it’s a joke…
We need to protest or riot or something and not just accept this
TimeLord41 on
This country is fucked
standarsh1965 on
Imagine paying that much to live in the worst place in Ireland
LaoiseFu on
Government should resign
Fit_Way1280 on
You could live in NYC for those prices
jamster126 on
Disgusting
go_neiri_leat on
The housing crisis is expected to peak in 2035.. PEAK
Baileyesque on
Just one apartment that’s €1 trillion per month drives that average up, that’s why you gotta use medians. 😉
DartzIRL on
The only way I’ll ever have my own home is by using brake cleaner to clean the oven and going for a walk.
Much accident. Such tragedy. Fresh grass smell though.
wall2wall2wall on
I remember a minister on RTE radio 1 morning show saying the expensive apartments would make older apartments cheaper. “Trickle down economics” he kept saying.
I think he meant “tricked you economics”
Don’t worry Martin is busy visiting another state solving their problems.
As preparations are under way for Paddy’s day ministers tour the globe.
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“It comes as supply has hit a new low, with fewer than 1,800 homes available to rent nationwide as of 1 February.
This is down 22% compared to the same date in 2025 and is the lowest level of availability for this time of year since the Rental Report series began in 2006.
Daft said the drop in availability is “particularly acute” in Dublin, where the number of homes to rent is down annually by over one third, leading to the average apartment rent in the city to climb to nearly €2,700.”
It’s only going to get worse, and our housing crisis is beginning to bleed into and worsen other areas in society.
Renters and new buyers are being pushed out further into the commuter belt. When they all try to return to Dublin in the morning for work the M50 and any major roads shut down with congestion. This is having a major effect on people’s lives and well being.
How anyone sees this as anything other than a catastrophic and applying failure of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is beyond me.
For example, some people in my course have gotten jobs in Amsterdam immediately after graduation for €45k and rent their own apartment for 1,600. The quality of life theyll enjoy is night and day to here. That’s not even considering how much better a city Amsterdam is to Dublin.
[deleted]
Wow it’s almost like selling off public land to massive developers and foreign investors to build for profit shoebox apartments isn’t a good thing?
Everyone of our cabinet sitting politicians would sell their mother for a better job so why is anyone not surprised?
Rent control yet again not working. Can we please stop trying this moronic policy.
€2700 per month would service a €500,000 mortgage over a 20 year term.
Minimum gross wage at 14.15 eur per hour
€27 592.50
Monthly Estimate: Based on 37.5 hours, average monthly take home pay for 2026 would be approximately
#€2,154.
Either landlords shouldn’t be allowed to charge this much, or employers to pay this much….probably both
And yet another court challenge to the Central Mental hospital site by the same guy who objected the last time. Were a joke of a nation
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/02/24/fresh-legal-challenge-to-almost-1000-homes-at-former-central-mental-hospital-dundrum/
Controversial view……
Foreign investors shouldn’t be allowed to own property or land in Ireland.
“Ireland has a high quality of living”
This is average _asking_ rent, not average rent for every rental in the country. It’s vacant units and not occupied units.
Not to deny the issue – far from it – but it’s important to understand the difference.
I am probably going to be down voted to the oblivion but this is a controversial take.
In Manhattan the rent prices are 4-6k per month. This is a symptom of high demand and high wages in this area. The same is happening in Dublin City centre. Tere is a lot of people earning very high income that want to live there. This drives up the competition and the prices.
Similarly to Manhattan and other very high cost areas, it is not like we can build thousands of houses and apartments in the city centre. The supply is essentially capped, and the prices will reflect the demand and wealth of people wanting to live in the area.
This leads me to the conclusion that the increasing rent prices in city centre is a symptom of the success of Ireland, increasing wages and booming business opportunities.
Of course, outside of the city centre we should build more housing on vast empty lands to lower the prices of rent and ownership.
This is probably gathered from the rtb registered dwellings. What’s happening in unregistered dwellings is stomach churning. People made to live in living rooms, curfews, restrictions on appliances usage and the list goes on.
The owner to my right has an attic converted 3 bed that is occupied by 8 people and is unregistered! He bought it using htb and fhs. His lives with his elder brother’s family. He rents it out to a whole football team. Mortgage about 1.2k but rent is 5k.
Trust the process
Time to leave i think.
Disgusting…why the fuck is there not a rent freeze!!the government ye keep on voting in doesn’t give a shit about us
I wouldn’t be paying that to live in a city especially Dublin lol but yeah it’s a joke…
We need to protest or riot or something and not just accept this
This country is fucked
Imagine paying that much to live in the worst place in Ireland
Government should resign
You could live in NYC for those prices
Disgusting
The housing crisis is expected to peak in 2035.. PEAK
Just one apartment that’s €1 trillion per month drives that average up, that’s why you gotta use medians. 😉
The only way I’ll ever have my own home is by using brake cleaner to clean the oven and going for a walk.
Much accident. Such tragedy. Fresh grass smell though.
I remember a minister on RTE radio 1 morning show saying the expensive apartments would make older apartments cheaper. “Trickle down economics” he kept saying.
I think he meant “tricked you economics”
Don’t worry Martin is busy visiting another state solving their problems.
As preparations are under way for Paddy’s day ministers tour the globe.
Insanity