Rents in Waterford City have risen almost 6 per cent, according to the latest Daft.ie report.
The average rent is now €1,639 - a rise of 5.8 per cent in the last year.
In the rest of Waterford, market rents were on average 9.3 per cent higher in the third quarter of 2024 than a year previously.
The average listed rent is now €1,633.
After 18 months of improving availability, the number of homes available to rent on the open market is falling.
On November 1st, there were just over 2,400 homes available to rent across the country, down 14 per cent on the same date a year previously and well below the 2015-2019 average of almost 4,400.
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