Fears are being expressed that families in Clare are being squeezed out of the rental market due to the shortage of one and two-bed accommodation.
The latest Daft.ie report shows that rents in Clare rose by 9% in the third quarter of this year compared to the same time last year.
The average rent in the county is now €1,167, with tenants of three and four bedroom properties seeing rises of over 14%.
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Economist and author of the Daft.ie report, Ronan Lyons, is warning that families are now having to compete with house shares where renters have multiple incomes.
