With uncertainty looming over Brexit (or not), how the housing market will perform in 2019 is far from clear cut.
With many lingering question marks over Brexit and a lot of people waiting for clarity before making their moves, property experts have been even more careful than usual about making their 2019 predictions.
Some analysts have explicitly made their traditional end-of-year forecasts contingent on a satisfactory conclusion of the Brexit negotiations.
At least there are some positive trends in the property market forecasts for 2019, as well as a recognition that, although these are times of unusual political instability, bricks-and-mortar remains a sound long-term investment.