Rents jumped by almost 6 per cent last year.
Tenants were paying 1 thousand 596 euro on average, according to the Daft.ie report for Quarter Four of 2024.
Limerick City recorded the highest increase year-on-year, at 19 per cent – followed by Leitrim at 13 per cent.
Market rents in Connacht rose 6.7% year-on-year.
Author of the report, economist Ronan Lyons says we’re now a decade into the rental crisis – and there’s very little to suggest it will end any time soon: