Landlords selling 2026

Do you think that the policies of the leftie parties would encourage more or less people to become landlords?

definitely a softening in prices from 350-500 in the last few months. Couple of very desirable places fell through or are back on the market.

A different solution?

How about an efficient eviction process, or make staying in a property with no intention to pay rent a criminal offence (it is a form of theft after all).

The opposition are not proposing a different solution. They are proposing more anti-landlord policies that would make the situation worse for tenants. Promises of more "affordable" and "social" housing with no plan on how to fund them, and no plan on where to find additional builders to build them is a ploy to get power, and not a different solution.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0520/1574246-rents-ireland/

Kind of related to this, thread, new laws and rent gone up

I finally did it! I'm out. Served eviction notice to tenants in August 2024 and closed the sale last month.

Had to give them 9 months' notice. Two weeks before they were to move out, the clowns at Threshold got involved. Brain-dead advice that the tenant didn't even want, they were happy to move, but because it was through the council, apparently, they had some say in the matter. Council sourced a new house in May from a housing charity. But they stayed on in mine as they were using it as storage for all their crap until September.

Absolutely nothing I could do. No contract with tenants, no contract with council, no one paying rent, but because they had a key I couldn't enter the front door.

Finally got the house back in September. Luckily, only a few thousand euros worth of damage and rubbish to clear. Took 6 weeks to clean it up, re sow the garden, paint it inside and outside, and list it. Went sale agreed 2 weeks later! to first time buyers. But then that took 4-5 months to close out.

Good riddance to the whole screwed up, anti-landlord, system.

Congrats! I did it a couple of years ago. Such a relief isn't it!?

can’t you just get the rental back at anytime if you want to sell or give to a relative to live in……?

Yup. But the downsides are when your mortgage goes up by a few hundred quid with interest rate hikes and you cant increase rent to match, management fees going up and then you have to replace big things like doors, windows, plumbing, boilers, bathrooms, showers, cookers, fridges, dishwashers, washing machines, decking etc because a lot of the Celtic Tiger apartments were built by so quickly and shoddily. Was like the gold rush.

Quote for a new balcony door in my old place was 4k. 😨

Management companies hitting every apartment with an extra 2k charge to repair drainage after a storm and because the builder went bust years ago theres no one to go back to for a fix.

And you could have a nightmare tenant. I had one. Almost daily contact at one point. "The kettle doesnt boil quickly enough".

Then you realise on a 25 year €285k mortgage your actually paying about €450k in the end with interest and selling the apartment for €350k thinking you've made a profit (Which you'll be taxed on aswell) is silly etc etc.

Absolute mugs game.

Oh you are behind slightly, its called the compulsory purchase order act and its at stage 2 of reading in the Dail. Fair play to them senior civil servants and ministers, when yiu thought they couldnt screw with you any more...

Yes they are. We had it in our family where the there was EU legislation that a railway cannot go through a farm, so the government (Irish Rail) had to buy part of the farm, build a bridge over or under. Which ever was most cost effective, but it had to be done within a fixed period. Its easier for everyone if they agree outside the mechanisms of compulsory purchase order. This is where the government do not have to go to court in a protracted and tedious and costly workings. It is easier if the solicitors meet, agree what the value is, add a bit of compensation and possibly expenses for relocation and settle without going to court. Now the court is avoided, the project moves faster and everyone gets a pay out. If this arbitration fails then everything gets slower and more costly for everyone. My Uncle did not want to sell ("My farm, my fathers farm and his father before him, the hell I will sell"). The family solicitor set him straight, "this is going to happen, it is easier that it happen sooner than later, with less stress, less cost and more money and you WILL lose in court". The land was bought by the IR at an inflated price and sold after a few years to a boardering neighbour at a reduced price. Another Neighbour said "Nah, its worth €1m and I aint budging until I get that price", he misunderstood the Time aspect of the project vers the Cost aspect and it was CPO'ed at a flat rate minus courst costs.

If you dont get paid the day of sale, it maybe harder to get it afterwards. You need to look at the UK to see what the future looks like. The councils were trying to sieze derelict properties while elderly couples were still living in them. Another story I had from someone in Cork CC was that they sent intent to CPO notices to sites within the county. One guy argued "yeah its a derelict site but the planning office have rejected 7 proposals to do up the site. Sometimes you cannot win with the County Council.

The new legislation is very vague but the intention is there. You need to speak to a person with considerable experience in law and property to interpet all the outcomes of the legislation. This has already happened in Berlin and Switzerland. Also see failed legislation like the "Right to Accomodation" Act which didnt get far as it was not a priority/have main party backing. The legislation would have given the government greater rights to seize/enact a CPO.

No-fault eviction ban should be reconsidered - cttee

What a bunch of morons.

No wonder the rental market is a sh1tshow. Nobody knows what these cretins are going to try to implement next,

The govt wont bring in the eviction ban again.

It hammered them last time by storing up the evictions and releasing them all in one go when the ban ended plus prompting even more landlords to run for the hills.

The ban increases homelessness by curtailing supply.

The solution is for the govt to have its own social and affordable housing targets that do not include aquisitions from the private sector.

I think the govt MO is to get small landlords to sell up so councils can buy the houses for social housing.