Overview
- The Residential Tenancies Board, which released figures Thursday, reported 7,062 termination notices in Q1 2026, about 50% more than a year earlier.
- Notices climbed from 1,998 in January to a February peak of 3,138, then fell to 1,926 in March, pointing to an easing after the spike.
- About 60% of notices were issued because landlords intend to sell, removing occupied homes from the rental pool and putting tenants at risk of losing their housing.
- New rules that began March 1 let owners set market rents only when a home is vacant and require six-year leases for new tenants, changes critics say encouraged exits by smaller landlords.
- Standardised average rent for new tenancies reached €1,755, up 5% year on year, while dispute applications rose 18% and the RTB published 19 sanctions this year with more enforcement cases in train.