According to the Residential Tenancies Board, in the first quarter of this year the standardised national average rent for new tenancies in County Leitrim was €487, up €20 from last year.
The figures were contained in the RTB’s Quarter 1 2018 Rent Index Report which was published today in conjunction with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ERSI).
The annualised new rent increase nationally is +7.1% with Dublin the highest single region (+7.8%) while outside Dublin the annualised rate is down from Q4 2017: 8% to 6.3% in the GDA (Kildare, Wicklow, Meath) and 7% to 6.6% in outside the GDA. In the larger cities Cork City’s year on year change was 3.4% compared to Dublin City, 8.8% and Limerick, 10%.
Does this reflect the rent prices in Leitrim?
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