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Our NEWS section is the most comprehensive publication on the business of property in Ireland, keeping our trade readers fully informed on all developments in the property business and among their competitors.

It gathers together in one place all reports on the market, and goes into much greater detail than does the consumer press on trade issues of interest to estate agents, developers and other property professionals. It summarises property stories from the media, and provides handy links to the full stories. Occasional indepth features and opinion pieces for a fully developed online property magazine. It also acts as a searchable archive of all property matters down the years.

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© Irish Examiner 20 May '13

Payment cuts see families pay rent shortfall

Limits on rent supplement payments set by the Government are forcing thousands of families to make undeclared top-up payments to landlords to secure places to live. -  Subscribe
© The Property Week 09 May '13

The PRTB Rent Index Quarter 1 - 2013

Download PRTB Rent Index report here >>>> Monthly rent levels remained broadly stable in the first quarter of 2013, increasing slightly to €785 overall on a mix-adjusted basis, according to the latest -  Subscribe
© The Irish Times 08 May '13

75% of landlords in Dublin who split houses into flats 'did so illegally'

The report compiled for the council by Paul Kelly of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland found most houses surveyed were built before 1963, but not split into flats until after the Act ap -  Subscribe
© The Property Week 02 May '13

Rent inflation a clear signal of supply constraints: Daft.ie

The average national rent is up 2.7% from a year previously and has risen for three consecutive quarters for the first time since 2007, according to the latest quarterly Daft.ie Rental Report. The ave -  Subscribe
© The Irish Times 26 Apr '13

Dublin bedsit blitz finds over 90% of flats do not meet basic standards

Landlords have been served with 1,544 notices to improve their flats. Failure to do so will result in a ban on reletting the flats and legal action if the problems are not resolved. -  Subscribe
© Irish Independent 11 Apr '13

Landlords fined over €100,000 for tenancy breaches

In just the past two weeks alone, five landlords have been convicted of failing to register tenancies despite repeated warnings to do so by the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB). -  Subscribe
© Irish Independent 08 Mar '13

Landlady who spied on tenants fears losing home

The tenants had rented rooms in 46 Mobhi Road in Glasnevin, Dublin, from the McKennas in 2003 and 2004. Wires were later found during a search on December 3, 2004. -  Subscribe
© Irish Independent 27 Feb '13

Hundreds of bedsits fail fire safety tests

A total of 589 flats in 84 houses on the North Circular Road were inspected by environmental health officers attached to Dublin City Council. Warning letters have just been issued to landlords in rela -  Subscribe
© The Property Week 11 Feb '13

Ronan Lyons on rent inflation and the pull of cities

Without new supply in Ireland's cities, though, rental inflation may be here for a while. And with adverse consequences for Ireland's competitiveness. -  Subscribe
© The Property Week 11 Feb '13

Daft.ie: Rental report Q4 2012

The average national rent rose 2.2% during 2012, representing the first annual rise in rents since 2007, according to the latest Daft.ie Rental Report. The average rent nationwide in the final quarter -  Subscribe
© The Irish Times 07 Feb '13

Coleman O'Connor on Death of the bedsit

It's strangely ironic that the people who were expected to gain most from the higher standards are the very ones who are now likely to have to search harder and pay more for their accommodation. -  Subscribe
© The Irish Times 18 Jan '13

Farewell to the humble bedsit

Michael Walsh of ByrneWallace: “In theory one should be able to borrow against future rental value but in the current market the commodity in scarcest supply is capital. Not every landlord will have t -  Subscribe
© Irish Independent 18 Jan '13

Robert Lawson of Lisney: Rents to increase as costs set to squeeze out investors

Many landlords will simply not be able to bear this cost, particularly at this time and as a result many tenants could face eviction from their home. House 1 in multiple units pays a staggering 400pc -  Subscribe
© Irish Examiner 14 Jan '13

Regulation to ‘leave tenants homeless’

Landlords have claimed new regulations on minimum standards for rental accommodation, due to come into force next month, could lead to homelessness on a large scale and force tenants to pay more for a -  Subscribe
© The Irish Times 09 Jan '13

State taking landlords to court over registration

The State body that regulates private rented accommodation is to take 22 landlords to court in the coming months over their failure to register with authorities. PRTB director Anne Marie Caulfield sai -  Subscribe
© Irish Independent 28 Nov '12

Stephen Kinsella: Taxpayer's bill will go through roof if landlords can't pay the mortgage

The average Irish landlord has between 1.6 and 2.1 properties. Less than 1pc of the landlords in Ireland have more than 10 properties, implying there are a lot of small-time landlords with two, three -  Subscribe
© Irish Examiner 16 Nov '12

‘A lot of landlords think they can walk all over you’

Despite the case being heard by the PRTB last year — and a ruling that Orla’s deposit should be returned — the landlord has since told her "he has no intention of complying". -  Subscribe
© Irish Independent 25 Oct '12

NAMA rentals plc -- now there's a thought

The €100m-a-year rent roll now coming in from 10,000 apartments that have been let to meet the surge in demand for rental property. -  Subscribe
© Irish Independent 05 Oct '12

The accidental landlord

The "no-ones" she is talking about are the bank and the taxman. Call it survivor guilt for escaping the economic fallout, call it my Catholic upbringing, but I just can't do it. -  Subscribe
© The Irish Times 27 Sep '12

Renters left out in the cold in Dublin

More and more renters in Dublin are competing with others to secure suitable accommodation -  Subscribe
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