Rents on 26,000 homes hiked significantly in excess of 2% limit 

The RTB said 74% of sitting tenants experienced an annual rent increase of 2% or less. Picture: File

Just under 26,000 rental properties in Ireland saw their rents raised significantly in excess of the 2% limits allowable under Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) legislation between 2022 and 2024.

The property level data compiled by the Economic and Social Research Institute on behalf of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) shows that the rents on more than one fifth of the 118,400 properties in rent pressure zones considered were raised significantly in excess of those limits in that time.