Rent prices rose by just over eleven percent in Galway city and county at the end of 2025.
In Galway county, the average price of a three-bedroom house in the final quarter of 2025 was €1,729.
In Galway City, the average price of a two-bedroom apartment in the final quarter of 2025 was €2113, up 8.4% on a year ago.
Nationally, Daft.ie. found rents are a third above their pre-covid levels and 80 per cent higher than ten years ago.
The latest Rental Report shows prices were up by 4.4 per cent nationwide last year, compared to an increase of 3.6 per cent during 2024.
In Dublin, the average price of a two-bedroom apartment in the final quarter of 2025 was 2,517 euro, up 2.3 per cent on a year previously.
There was worse news in the other major cities.
Rents were 11.4 per cent higher in Galway, 7.5 per cent higher in Cork, 6.9 per cent higher in Waterford and up 5 per cent in Limerick.
There were fewer than 1,800 homes available to rent nationwide on the 1st of February.
This is down 22 per cent compared to the same date in 2024 and is by far the lowest level of availability since the series began in 2006.
