Rents rise in first three months of year, with average price surpassing €2,000 per month

'To let' signs in Dublin. All told there were just 2,300 homes available to rent nationwide on May, down 14% year-on-year as the situation concerning the acute lack of supply in the market continued to worsen. Picture: Artur Widak/NurPhoto

Rents rose at near-record levels yet again over the first three months of 2025, according to the latest statistics from Daft.ie.

The property website's new rental price report shows rents climbed 3.4% between January and March, one of the largest three-month increases seen within the past 20 years.