Monthly Archives: February 2017

Rent controls are no cure for Irish property market problems

When the fuse runs out on rent controls, prices in the ‘pressure zones’ will explode Rent control is a false god. That any of its adherents are still around is testimony to the stubbornness of false logic surviving in the face of facts. Rent controls are used all over the world and have the purpose […]

What about small time landlords?

With less than 1 per cent of tenancies resulting in formal complaints, why are landlords seen as the ‘bad guys’? When it comes to landlords, the most common assumption is that if he/she is a small-time landlord, he/she will not do a good job of managing a property. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) doesn’t provide […]