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Daft.ie has released a new Rental Price Report
In Longford, the average price of a three-bedroom house in the final quarter of 2025 was €1412, up 2.8% on a year ago, according to a Daft.ie Rental Price Report.
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There were fewer than 1,800 homes available to rent nationwide on February 1. This is down 22% 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.
Outside the cities, the rate of inflation in open market rents is a little over 6% in both Leinster and Munster and 5.1% in Connacht-Ulster.
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According to the report, Longford's average monthly rent of a two-bedroom apartment in the final quarter of 2025 was €1,318. For a double-room house, the average monthly rent was €653.
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