CITY RENTS DROP AT SLOWER RATE THAN MANY OTHER UNIVERSITY CITIES

Date Published: 18-Aug-2009

Rent in the city continues to fall, but at a slower rate than many other university cities around the country.New figures compiled by property website daft.ie show that in the past three months rents in the city fell by less than three percent.This compares to a rent drop of seven percent in Dublin city, and five percent in Cork and Limerick cities.According to the research, tenants can expect to pay 339 euro for a double room in the city, which is more expensive than the same room in Limerick for 279, Tralee for 276 euro and Athlone and Sligo at 268 euro.