New figures show steady rise in Dublin rents

Private sector rental costs are rising fast in Dublin, according to new data, with apartment rents in the city up over 10% in a year.

The latest Quarterly Rent Index of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) shows that private sector rents in Dublin went up by 8.4% over the previous year (as compared with Q1 2013), with house rents rising by an average of 6.7% and apartment rents up 10.3%.