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'The only way to deal with these problems is to build more' - Rents increase by 9% last year

Rents for new tenancies increased by 9% nationally last year. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) says the index is based on actual rents paid on 9,346 private tenancies newly-registered with the RTB during the fourth quarter of 2021. Economist, John Fitzgerald joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss these figures and more...

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17.35 27 Apr 2022


'The only way to deal with these problems is to build more' - Rents increase by 9% last year


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Rents for new tenancies increased by 9% nationally last year.

The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) says the index is based on actual rents paid on 9,346 private tenancies newly-registered with the RTB during the fourth quarter of 2021.

Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area accounted for over half (55.2%) of all new tenancy agreements - 59.7% of new tenancies were for apartments.

Economist, John Fitzgerald joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss these figures and more...

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