Laois rents increase across the board while supply hits the floor

The average cost of renting a three-bedroom house in Laois has risen to €1,719, an increase of 12.1% compared to a year ago, according to the latest report by Daft.ie. The report shines a spotlight on the rising cost of renting in the county as well as lack of supply.

This week there were just thirteen properties to rent across Laois on Daft.ie ranging in price from €260 per week for a studio in Ballickmoyler to €2,500 per month four a four bed house in Portlaoise.

According to the report the average monthly rent of a two-bedroom apartment in Laois in the third quarter of 2025 was €1,431,  compared to €2,080 nationally. The average monthly rent of a double-room in a house in Laois between June and September was €622, compared to €788 nationally.

The cost of renting a one bed apartment in Laois during that time was an average of €1,104, an increase of 5.6% year-on-year. The cost of renting a two bed apartment in Laois was €1,431, up 10.7% while renting a two bed house in the county would set you back €1,344 a month, up 9.2%.

The average cost of renting a four bed house in Laois was €1,895 up 8.5%. The cost of renting a double room in a house in Laois which has an ensuite was €689 per month, up 4.7% while a double room without an ensuite costs an average of €622 up 9.4%. A double room in an apartment with no ensuite cost €749 up 5.8% and a single eoom in house with no ensuite was €514 which was down 2.7%.

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Nationally, market rents rose by an average of 1.7% in the third quarter of 2025, the eighteenth consecutive quarter of rising rents. Market rents are now one third higher than their pre-covid levels and two thirds higher than their Celtic Tiger peak in late 2007. The average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment nationwide, between June and September, was €2,080.
There were just over 1,900 homes available to rent nationwide on November 1st. This is down 21% year-on-year and less than half the average for the period 2015-2019. In Dublin, the stock of homes to rent is down by almost one third, year-on-year.

Commenting on the new-look report, its author Ronan Lyons, Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, said: “The twentieth anniversary of the Daft.ie Report has given us the opportunity to revamp and refresh things, with the new format putting far more information, in some cases going back to 2002, available at the fingertips of all those interested in Ireland’s housing market.

“For all the work involved in the new report, however, the picture remains unchanged – this is a market starved of supply. Rents are now one third higher than they were just over five years ago and indeed two thirds higher than their Celtic Tiger peak. The easing off of inflation – from over 13% in 2022 to 4.3% now – has been welcome. However, the sharp fall in availability of homes to rent suggests that any further pressure on rents over the coming quarters will be upwards. While it will take years, significant amounts of new rental supply – all around the country – are required to change conditions in the rental market.”