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Cost Of Rent In Kildare Has Risen By Almost 6% In A Year - RTB

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New rental agreements for apartments were more expensive than houses

The cost of rent has gone up by almost 6% in Kildare over the past year, according to the latest figures from the Residential Tenancies Board.

The average cost of rent in the county is €1,560.80.

The cost of rent nationally has gone up by almost 9%, It shows average rent for new tenancies was €1,544 in the first three months of the year.

Rents for new tenancies between January and March were up by 8.9% in the past year.

Compared to the last quarter of 2022 it was a 2.5% rise.

New rental agreements for apartments were more expensive than houses with the €1,586 the average rent for apartments, compared to at €1,522 a month for houses.

Looking at new tenancies across all property types in Dublin, the average rent was €2,102 per month - and the highest in the country.

The county with the fastest growing average rent for new tenancies registered between January and March was in Co Roscommon, which saw a 23.7% increase in the past year.

The lowest increase was in Co. Carlow where rents for new tenancies increased by 2% in the past year.

Sixteen counties had average rents above thousand euro a month.
 

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