Housing
DUBLIN — Irish residential property prices continued to rise in July, although the pace of annual growth eased slightly as prices outside Dublin continued…
DUBLIN — Homeowners who are struggling with unsustainable mortgage repayments and are at risk of losing their homes may be able to remain living in their property through Ireland’s Mortgage to Rent scheme. The government-backed scheme provides a route for eligible homeowners in serious mortgage arrears to give up ownership of their home while continuing
LONDON — Changes governing rent payments in UK are prompting concerns among some letting agents about what happens when a tenant moves into a property before the first rent payment has been received. Dean Gill, director of Martin & Co Sheffield and Worksop, says his agency has encountered a small number of cases where new
LONDON, UK — The first months of the new rent-increase system in England are beginning to provide an early indication of how disputes between landlords and tenants are being handled by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). An analysis of 25 Section 13 rent-increase cases decided between June 24 and September 2 suggests that landlords have
A mother and son have failed in their bid to prevent one of Ireland’s largest residential landlords from evicting them from their home in Galway, after a Tenancy Tribunal upheld the validity of a notice of termination. Leila Urazbaeva and Abay Zhaigaliyev were renting a two-bedroom property at Monivea Park in Ballybane from Xerico Limited
Cork City Council is urging landlords and letting agents to make properties available through the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), as the housing support programme helps keep households out of homelessness while providing participating property owners with longer-term rental arrangements. The council said 42 households in Cork City have been prevented from entering homeless services through
A new housing development in Dublin 15 has officially opened with 133 A2-rated homes, including 57 age-friendly homes for older people. The homes at Hansfield Station Quarter were delivered through a partnership involving Fingal County Council, the Department of Housing, the Housing Finance Agency and Approved Housing Body Fold Housing. The development is Fold Housing’s
Ireland’s rental market has entered a new phase in 2026, with rents for newly created tenancies rising much faster than rents paid by existing tenants. The latest RTB/ESRI Rent Index shows the scale of the difference. The standardised average rent for a new tenancy reached €1,839 per month in Q1 2026, an annual increase of
Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are an important part of Ireland’s social-housing system, providing rented homes to people who may not be able to afford suitable accommodation in the private market. There are more than 260 registered AHB landlords in Ireland, while the Residential Tenancies Board recorded 57,330 AHB tenancies in Q1 2026. The number of