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Small and independent shops who are participating in the Deposit Return Scheme should be incentivised to do so by Government, local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has said.

Responding to the latest Daft.ie Rental Report for Q4 2023, IPAV, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers, said that the decline in rental inflation in Dublin is evidence that the primary driver of achieving stabilisation of prices or greater affordability into the future was supply.

Q -I’m a landlord renting out a house to a family. What are the rules about registering the tenancy?

A school in a picturesque area of county Galway is offering a five-bedroom house rent free for a year to a family if the children of the family are of schoolgoing age.

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In a market flooded with tenants, you may find yourself asking why you would need to engage the services of a letting agent, and you are right to ask yourself this very important question. Hiring the right letting agent can save you money in the long run as a professional letting agent will have a wealth of experience and up-to-date knowledge of the market that is invaluable when sourcing tenants in today's market.

It is accepted on all sides that we have a major issue with the supply of affordable accommodation, for purchase, and more specifically for renting, in this country. The problems of recent years are at the opposite end of the scale to the problems of a decade ago, in the aftermath of the financial crash. The problems then were caused by the dramatic fall in the price of property which plunged tens of thousands of home owners into negative equity, and half built ghost estates were left lying idle as property construction came to a shuddering halt.

Minister Catherine Martin is taking action to bring properties back onto the long-term housing market as can be seen in a new proposal approved by the Cabinet.

Housing is the biggest issue of our time, it is the foundation on which a decent society is built. Food, shelter and education. Yet rents in Galway have risen by over 16% to over €1700 in the last year. Struggling families are paying over €1500 to rent a three-bedroom house in our city. There are now nearly 250 people homeless across our city.

O’Donnellan & Joyce's rental department had an outstanding year. The volume of rental stock increased by 40 per cent. While some landlords are exiting the rental market, there has been good activity with investors looking to avoid savings depreciating through inflation.