The Impact of Short-term Lettings on Long-term Rent Prices in Dublin

de Moraes, Aline Moreira (2025) The Impact of Short-term Lettings on Long-term Rent Prices in Dublin. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of short-term letting on the price of long-term rental in Dublin City between 2015 to 2024. Therefore, addresses a critical gap in understanding how platform rentals can influence housing affordability. The rapid growth of Airbnb and similar applications has intensified debates on housing shortages, regulatory failures, and socio-economic disparities in urban markets. Using quantitative methods to assess rental price trends through hedonic regression, time-series data from RTB and Inside Airbnb and Kaggle enable to understand the STL-driven market distortions.

The key findings demonstrate that STLs have reduced LTR supply in 64%, which is one of the possible factors that increases the LTR prices, particularly in the City Centre and South areas. Regulatory measures such as Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) have proven ineffective due to weak enforcement, with only 29 planning applications filed despite 3,786 illegal Airbnb listings in 2023. In addition, the study highlights geographic inequalities when compared to peripheral neighbourhoods.

This research contributes to housing policy debates, by providing empirical evidence on STLs impacts on LTR markets, identifying regulatory gaps in Ireland’s approach compared to EU equivalents, and proposing actions to possibly reduce the housing crisis, including stricter enforcement and public housing investment.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Supervisors:	Name Email Walsh, Jeffrey UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > Economics > Business D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > Ireland > Dublin H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Housing
Divisions:	School of Business (- 2025) > Master of Science in International Business
Depositing User:	Ciara O'Brien
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2025 16:00
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2025 16:00
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/9036

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