Sligo rent opponents say their campaign only starting
Opponents of county council rent increases in Sligo say they are starting a campaign to highlight the issue. A number of protesters against the increases stood outside Sligo County Council’s headquarters at County Hall at Riverside in Sligo this morning as councillors gathered for their December monthly meeting. Protesters outside…
First time buyers are being abandoned by the government – Scanlon
First time buyers in the north west are being abandoned by the government. That’s according to local Fianna Fail TD, Eamon Scanlon, who says people are paying more in long term rent than they would be for a mortgage. Fianna Fail have put forward legislation that hopes to address a…
Average house prices increase across the North West for third time this year
House prices in the North West have risen for the 3rd time in a row this year. According to Daft.ie’s 3rd Quarter report, house prices have risen in Leitrim by 6.4% compared to the start of the year from €123,534 to an average of €132,435. In Sligo, the average house…
Rent prices increase across North West
Rent prices have increaed across the North West. According to Daft.ie’s 2nd Quarter report, prices have risen in Leitrim by 6.1% compared to the start of the year to €557. In Sligo, the average rent price has also risen by 6.1% to €698 while Donegal sees the smallest increase of…
Donegal bucks national trend with rent prices
Donegal is bucking the national trend when it comes to rent prices. Rents rose by over 10 per cent across the country in 2017. New figures from Daft-dot-ie shows that people now pay on average € 1,227 every month. Rents in the capital are 4-thousand 500-euro more a year than…
CSO: Most people moving home are renting rather than buying
Most of the people in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim who changed home in the year before the 2016 Census were moving into rented accommodation. And in all three counties, only a relatively small number were buying a new home with a mortgatge or loan. In Donegal, only 363 of the…
Focus Ireland concerned over rising rents
Average rent prices have increased by 12% in just 12 months in County Sligo. It currently costs an average of €644 to rent in the county, an increase of 12% in just 12 months, according to a Daft.ie report. The minimum increase seen is 8.5% The average cost for renting…