Average three-bed rental price in Meath now at over €2,000 per month

The latest rental report from property website Daft.ie shows that the average rent for a three-bedroom house in the last quarter of 2025 was over €2,000.

Average rent in Meath rose by three per cent in the year up to the final quarter of 2025 to an average of €2,011 for a three-bedroom property. This increase was below the national figure of 4.4 per cent for the same period. Market rents nationally have now risen in 13 of the last 14 years and are one third above their pre-Covid levels and 80 per cent higher than ten years ago.

There were fewer than 1,800 homes available to rent nationwide on 1st February. This is down 22 per cent compared to the same date one year ago and is by far the lowest level availability for this time of year in a series extending back to 2006. The fall in availability is particularly acute in Dublin, where the number of homes to rent is down annually by over one third.

Commenting on the new-look report, its author Ronan Lyons, Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, said: “Widespread uncertainty about the new rent controls appears to have exacerbated ongoing supply shortages in the rental market. Across the country, there have been steep falls in rental availability over the last year. There were fewer homes available to rent on February 1st this year than at the same time of year at any stage back to 2006.

“It remains to be seen whether supply is holding off until new tenancy terms bed in from March 1st or whether the change in rent controls has led to a further reduction in the stock of rental homes, as landlords sell up.”