Rents rise 3.9% and heating oil price up 8% but prices remain subdued overall

Private rents rose 3.9% and public authority rents increased by 5.6% in the year, official figures show.

The latest CSO consumer price index also shows some home heating oil prices were 8% higher last month than January 2019, while electricity prices rose 2.7% and the prices of bottled and natural gas fell or were unchanged in the year.