Last week daft.ie published its quarterly rental report which proclaimed that stock in the capital is at an all-time low since the data was first collected back in 2006. With just 820 homes to rent in Dublin on November 1st, stock levels, the report said, are down 51 per cent on the same date in 2020. It’s a somewhat surprising figure, given the experiences of the past 18 months or so. Yes, an increasing number of individual investors are looking to sell up and get out of the rental market; however, many other trends are also evident. These include the temporary collapse in the Airbnb short-term lettings market, the continued growth in the build-to-rent (BTR) market, whereby entire apartment blocks are made available for the rental market, and the shift to working from home, which led many city-based workers to move back to their family home, either in Ireland or abroad. So what’s going on? Data Well, the latest figures certainly indicate a sharp drop in supply; and, considering they a...