Looking for the RTB portal? It’s at rtb.ie
The Residential Tenancies Board’s online registration account lives on the RTB’s own site. Here is the direct link — take it, that is what you came for. Everything below earns its place afterwards or it shouldn’t be here.
The official RTB registration account
This is where landlords, letting agents and Approved Housing Bodies register a new tenancy, complete the annual registration, and manage existing registrations. Sign in with the email address the account was created with.
Who we are: TenantSync is an independent Irish property-management platform. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Residential Tenancies Board, we cannot see your RTB account, and we do not file registrations for you. This page exists because thousands of Irish landlords search for the RTB login every month and some of them land here — so the least we can do is point you to the right place, then be useful while you are here.
Before you sign in: four things to have to hand
Missing any one of these is the usual reason a registration that should take ten minutes takes two evenings.
The email the account was created with
Not your current work address — the one the account was actually opened under. In an agency these differ far more often than anyone expects, and it is the single most common reason a sign-in fails.
The RT number
The unique registered tenancy number the RTB issues, shown on your registration confirmation in the format RT-XXXX-XXXXXXXX. You need it for anything you are renewing or linking to the account.
Current tenancy details
Rent, deposit, number of occupants, BER where it applies, and the correct commencement date. On an annual registration these are pre-filled from last year — which is exactly why they need checking.
A payment card
The fee is paid at the point of registration. The RTB sets and publishes the fees — check the current figures on rtb.ie before you assume last year’s still apply.
You may not need a login at all
Three of the most common reasons people go looking for an RTB login do not require one.
Checking whether a tenancy is registered
As a tenant, a prospective buyer, a solicitor, or an agent taking over a property, you do not need an account at all — the RTB publishes a public tenancy registration check.
Check the public registerRaising or answering a dispute
Disputes run through the RTB’s dispute resolution service, not through the registration account. If what you have is a disagreement rather than a registration, the account is the wrong door.
Start at rtb.ieWorking out when the next registration is due
The date is arithmetic on the commencement date, not something you have to sign in to read. The check below does it in about thirty seconds, in your browser.
While you’re here — which registration is actually due?
Since April 2022 RTB registration is annual, not once. A tenancy is registered within one month of the date it commenced, and again within one month of every anniversary after that. Type the commencement date and this works out which registration is currently due, whether its deadline has already passed, and when the next one lands.
Can’t get in? What it usually turns out to be
A large share of RTB login searches are not first-time registrations at all. They are people trying to get back in. That tells you where the friction actually is.
“I cannot get back into the account”
Use the password reset on the RTB’s own sign-in page, with the exact email address the account was created under. If that fails, the RTB’s registration account support pages set out how to get help, and the registrations team can be reached at registrations@rtb.ie. In an agency, the underlying cause is almost always the same: the account is tied to an email address rather than to a job. When the administrator who opened it moves on and the mailbox is closed, the reset link has nowhere to arrive — while the registrations keep falling due. If your RTB account is currently in a departed colleague’s name, that is this week’s job, not next quarter’s.
“The tenancy is not showing on my account”
Almost always a linking problem rather than a missing registration. A tenancy can be perfectly well registered and simply not linked to the account you happen to be looking at — common where a previous agent, a co-owner or a former colleague filed it. The RTB documents how to link an existing registration. Before assuming a tenancy was never registered, check the RTB’s public register: it will tell you whether the registration exists, which is a different question from whether you can see it.
“The details we registered were wrong”
Corrections are handled by the RTB, and the route depends on what is wrong and when it was registered. Start from the RTB’s guidance on managing your registrations and contact the registrations team if the account will not let you fix it yourself. Do not leave a known error sitting on the register because correcting it is awkward — the register is the thing a dispute, a HAP application or a purchaser’s solicitor will eventually read.
“Which RTB portal am I even looking for?”
A reasonable question, and it produces its own search traffic. The RTB runs more than one online system. The registration account is the one landlords and letting agents want. There is a separate portal for the RTB’s dispute resolution panel members — adjudicators and mediators — which is not a landlord login. Searches for "RTB 360" turn up steadily, though we can find no RTB service publicly branded that way; the people typing it appear to want the ordinary registration account. When in doubt, start at rtb.ie and navigate in rather than trusting an old bookmark.
What the RTB’s register holds — and what stays with you
The registration account is a system of record. It stores what you told the RTB, on the day you told them. It is not a compliance system, and it was never built to be one — which is why the second column is the one that catches people out.
On the RTB’s register
The registered particulars of each tenancy you have filed
The RT number issued for each registration
Your fee payments and registration confirmations
The public register entry showing a tenancy is registered
Still entirely your liability
Deriving the deadline from each commencement date and each anniversary
Diarising every anniversary — the portal will not chase you beyond an email
Proving a notice was served, on what date, and how
BER, gas and electrical certificates, and their expiry dates
The rent-cap arithmetic on every review, and the 90-day notice with it
Deposit records, and the evidence behind any deduction
One tenancy is a date. Forty is a system.
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RTB login: frequently asked questions
Where do I log in to the RTB?
The Residential Tenancies Board’s online registration account is at portal.rtb.ie, also reachable from the Register tenancies section of rtb.ie. Sign in with the email address the account was created with. That account is where landlords, letting agents and Approved Housing Bodies register a new tenancy, complete the annual registration, and manage existing registrations. TenantSync is not the RTB and has no access to your RTB account.
Is TenantSync part of the RTB?
No. TenantSync is an independent Irish property-management platform. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Residential Tenancies Board. We do not submit registrations to the RTB, we do not pay RTB fees on your behalf, and we never ask for your RTB credentials. Registration happens on the RTB’s own system, with the RTB.
Do I have to register my tenancy with the RTB every year?
Yes. Since April 2022 registration is annual rather than a one-off. A new tenancy must be registered within one month of the date it commenced, and after that the tenancy must be registered again each year, within one month of the anniversary of that commencement date, for as long as it continues. A tenancy that runs six years generates six registrations. Missing an annual registration leaves the tenancy unregistered — it is not treated as a lesser slip than never having registered at all.
I have forgotten my RTB password — what now?
Use the password reset on the RTB’s sign-in page with the exact email address the account was created under, not a newer address. If the reset email never arrives, the mailbox behind the account may no longer exist — a frequent problem in agencies where the account was opened by someone who has since left. The RTB’s registration account support pages explain how to get help, and the registrations team can be contacted at registrations@rtb.ie.
Can a tenant log in to the RTB portal?
The registration account is designed for the party responsible for registering the tenancy — the landlord, their letting agent, or an Approved Housing Body. If you are a tenant and you want to confirm that your tenancy is registered, you do not need an account: use the RTB’s public tenancy registration check. If you want to raise a dispute, that runs through the RTB’s dispute resolution service.
Is the PRTB the same thing as the RTB?
Yes. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was renamed the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) under the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, when its remit widened to include the approved housing body sector. Searches for "PRTB login" are looking for the same registration account at portal.rtb.ie.
How much does RTB registration cost?
The RTB sets and publishes its registration fees, and charges more where a registration is filed late — the late charge accrues per month or part of a month. Because the RTB can change these figures, check the current fees on rtb.ie rather than working from a number you remember from a previous year.
Does this page check my actual RTB registration status?
No, and nothing on this page can. Only the RTB knows what has been filed against your account. The check on this page derives the dates from the commencement date you type: which registration is currently due, when its deadline falls, and when the next anniversary lands. It runs in your browser and is a guide only — confirm every date against your own RTB account.
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