Sherry Fitzgerald: net loss of 43,000 properties in private rental sector

How do SF have such numbers? Extrapolation of what they see or analysis of public data?

I am not really a fan of private companies reports being reported as fact. Daft reports get treated as official figures my much of the media. I know they have a big share of the market but I believe it is falling for rentals as well there is simply no need to advertise on Daft and people are happy to use word of mouth etc.
 
I agree. When Daft put up their fees and there was a sudden drop in apartments available to let.
 
There is something of a false conflation here. Sherry Fitzgerald invest considerable resources in research, for example employing the highly regarded economist Marian Finnegan since the mid-1990s. There is a stark difference between the type of research and analysis work that she
directs and the usual media clickbait churned out on foot of Daft and other press releases.
 
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