In this paper, we use unique supervisory property-level rental data to estimate a rental equivalence (RE) measure for owner-occupied housing (OOH) for the Irish housing market. Our data from the official, domestic rental regulator allow us to simultaneously address three significant issues which...

In this paper, we implement a new measure, the rental equivalence approach, in estimating the cost of Irish housing for the purposes of the consumer price index (CPI). The cost of housing composes both the cost of owner occupier housing (OOH) as well as the cost of renting. This work, which is...

This research considers the international evidence on the functioning and deployment of measures similar to the Irish "Rent Pressure Zone" (RPZ) framework introduced in late 2016. It also considers how these measures have worked in Ireland in the period from their inception until prior to the...

The influence of commodity prices on consumer prices is usually seen as originating in commodity markets. We argue, however, that long run and short run relationships should exist between commodity prices, consumer prices and money and that the influence of commodity prices on consumer prices...