Landlord tips: 10 steps a landlord must take
Despite all the negative press, the housing market – specifically rentals – is still one of the most attractive opportunities for domestic and international investors alike. As a landlord, it’s important to know what steps to take. Whether you’re a long-term career landlord or a relatively new property investor, some things should not be […]
What are the most important aspects of Property Management?
As the news cycle gets populated with staggering figures about the amount of “notice to quit orders” issued to tenants post pandemic, we delve deeper into the issues tenants are causing for landlords across the republic and how property managers are helping to nullify them. In 2022 only 31.2% of overall tenancies went into a […]
Landlord Tips: All you need to know about Rent Books
Although rent books may seem antiquated, there is still a stringent legal requirement in place since 1992, for landlords to provide their tenants with their rent book. The penalty for failure to do so leaves landlords open to prosecution in open court and/or receiving fines up to three times the tenants deposit. A rent book […]
How to get an Energy Grant?
According to the Chair of the Irish Academy of Engineering, Ireland is the worst prepared country in Europe for an energy crisis. This comes just weeks after it was estimated that Ireland’s backup emergency generators would not be ready for winter. But there is light at the end of the tunnel, the SEAI has extended […]
How do you qualify for energy grants?
Ireland is in the presorpous of an energy disaster, amid concerns over lack of preparation and redundancy for winter, we look at what help is available to make your property(s) more energy sustainable. In a recent article we covered Individual Energy Upgrade Grants, but this is only one of the two grants available to Irish […]
Renewable Energy – What does it mean for landlords and tenants?
The property sector now finds itself at the centre of environmental policy changes which will have implications on landlords and tenants that are only just beginning to be fully appreciated. With the ever increasing pressure for properties to produce less energy waste, we ask – what can we be doing to reduce our carbon footprint? […]
New rules from next month for short-term lets
Since the end of the pandemic, many properties have returned to the short-let property sector, further contributing to an already under-resourced rental market. According to the department of housing, this influx of short-term rentals is a major contributing factor to the increase in rent costs in the few remaining available rental properties in Ireland. In […]
Tax Break offers Landlords a well needed lifeline.
At a time when there seems to be an air of negativity around the Irish property market, the government has laid out plans to give landlords a well needed tax break in next month’s budget. The tax breaks will form part of the 1 billion Euro cost of living package designed to stop landlords from […]
New fears arise for the mortgage sector as large lender caps lending at just 2 and half times salary.
This year has already had its fair share of turmoil inside the mortgage sector, we saw the exit of two major institutional lenders Ulster Bank and KBC. Now one of Ireland’s flagship lenders has decided to cap its loans at just 2.5x its customer’s annual salaries. Unevenness in lending structure, as mainstream bank monopoly continues […]
Something must be done to incentivise landlords to stay in the sector.
Almost 3,000 notices of termination were received in the first half of 2022, as many small landlords and property managers in Dublin are exiting due to the regulatory and deeply onerous taxation burden on non-institutional landlords. Research conducted by the RTB last year found the main reason given by landlords for selling their rental properties […]
