THE average rent now sought for a Clare property on daft.ie is €1,109, up by 106% on the lowest point of the recession. In its report covering the first quarter of the year, Daft.ie found that prices in Clare had increased by 14% on the first three months of 2021. It also found that it is cheaper to pay a mortgage than rent a property in Clare, in many cases significantly so. Rental supply is very tight in Clare, with just 17 properties available to rent last week. Writing in the report, associate professor of economics at Trinity, Ronan Lyons stated, “In some ways, for Ireland’s rental sector, it’s like the pandemic never happened. “As Covid-19 moves from a shock that brought daily life to a standstill, to something more like part of daily life, pre-existing patterns and pressures are re-emerging in the rental market. “The figures in this latest Daft.ie Rental Report confirm, for example, that for prospective tenants …
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