Landlords selling 2026

Now you are getting it.

Councils and AHBs are buying all the houses available. All the money and builders are tied up in that. The rest of us mere mortals can only pick from whats left and pay handsomely for the crumbs. They are using our own taxes to inflate the price we pay for houses we want top buy.

AHBs and Councils need to build their own supply, instead of using tax payers money to siphon off private housing and inflate house prices while they are at it.

Let both the councils and private developers build. 2 pairs of hands are better than 1.

Increase supply of both public and private housing, therefore limiting house price inflation in the process.

Of course, what you mean here when you say AHBs and Councils need to build, is that they should commission the building of units. A bit like when a private buyer contracts a builder to build their house. They may say I built this house but really they are having the house built by a supplier of building services.

Economically, they are pretty much the same in terms of resources required and pushing up prices for others and there's the same political problems when people complain about houses not being put on the market for purchasers.

Do you mean public sector employees as builders? Yes, I think they would have no problem attracting workers to the much better security offered by the public sector. I can see a problems with industrial action and the like in such circumstances and I think this is probably the reason why the state contracts out things like construction to firms that specialise in it.

But let us say they went down this route, the workers they have taken from private companies need to be replaced. There isn't an infinite pool in the country and private firms are also competing for foreign workers. This state agency would also be competing with private firms for serviced land as well as building supplies. I don't see it overall saving money and it still pushes up prices for others.

Sinn Fein or some left-wing parties might like it but this is from a workers' rights perspective not an efficiency or economic one. Politically also there are some advantages in that the overall process is less transparent, but again, I don't think this is where you are coming from.

There's no doubt that the new rules have created a lot of turmoil in the rental market, and a lot of landlords are leaving. What's surprising though is, looking at the landlord group on FB, there seem to be new people getting into the rental business. Going by the questions they're asking they seem to have zero experience dealing with rental property.

If the state hires or contracts in new staff to build state owned homes there will be a pull on construction resource in the short term but we can bring in more workers to support that growth.

We have the money to attract workers and the population is growing rapidly.

There will be a shift in employment patters towards manual work as AI reduces white collar jobs, its already happening at entry level and it will increase across all levels.

Construction labour force will not be a problem.

But the private sector is also trying to bring in workers and they are still short of builders causing costs to rise. This is in addition competition for land and materials.

The point I'm making is that if the state brings building fully in house, all the same issues with resources remain plus you have the inefficiency that comes with public sector projects. Not a magic bullet I'm afraid.

I don't think you are correct. I'm in the construction industry and also in clubs where there are youths. There are very few youths interested in manual labour. They will do anything but manual labour in the most part. I even see them going into hotels as porters etc , where there is practically no career advancement, no training, unskilled. The construction industry is crying out for them and paying massive wages, they still look down on it.

I was guilty of being that way when I was growing up, no one told me that construction workers/tradesmen earned good money. I was told and pointed in the direction of being clean. well groomed, and doing what they considered 'easy' work.

I don't think that is the entire point of the new legislation. I think the main point is that going forward under the new rules, those who rent will have the possibility of security of tenure. Landlords won't have the opportunity to evict merely to sell unless a) the tenant quits voluntarily or b) for small landlords, it is at the end of the six year period. But as a secondary aspect, the landlord gets to reset rents to market rates every six years and so there won't be a build up of market distortion over time.

It is also an opportunity for those that don't like regulation to get out and free up the property for those that don't mind it or for owner-occupiers to buy.

talk about clear bias…

you have carried on showing very little objectivity in all your comments.

so if some landlords sell. They are financially literate in your eyes…

Funds pay little to no tax in Ireland. Vs 52pc for small landlords.

Ires sold off a small portion of stock post the new reform announcement last year and will also sell more this year. (They are buying some stock also this year but it still doesn’t paint a great picture if they are selling as well and their entire portfolio will be less this year vs last). I guess they must also be financially illiterate…

Obviously they think there's still plenty of scope for gouging.

I think the ones staying are the financially illiterate ones. The Reits will restructure in a way that suits their business model and the new rules. Plus its not their own money they are playing with. That option doesnt work for small landlords. Their whole life is invested in something that is not viable now and risky as hell as the goal posts are constantly moving. If they are not taking this opportunity now to cash in and get out of the business, well they should know how it works at this point and its not good for them.

As for anyone buying to let now. They are just plain stupid. As is anyone renting a house they have inherited or moved out of for a few years.