Rents are at a record high, so why are private landlords quitting the market in droves? 

Penalties outweigh any incentives for small landlords

Mark Rose of Rose Property Services 

RENTS are at record highs - so,  how is it possible that we're watching a disorderly exit from the rental market of 'small-time' investors, who the RTB tell us, currently provide 86% of all supply in Ireland? 

The other 14% are large investors or REIT's (mostly in Dublin) who are apparently now out of favour politically, even though we desperately need those large supply providers to turn on the taps in the biggest way possible.