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Success in other niches has shown how a differentiated development can succeed even at times when the general housing market is poor, says Nigel Sibley

London Central Portfolio Property Fund sees net asset value fall by nearly 20% as political uncertainty and tax changes eventually take their toll;

New data and a broker survey indicate growing demand for short-term property finance

Lots offered, sold and total raised were all well down on the same period in 2017, reports EIG, as the market remains 'on tenterhooks'

HMRC reports seasonally adjusted resi transaction count for December at 102,330, down slightly on the previous month but up 3.6% on December 2017

LSL & Acadata index records UK house price growth at seven-year low, with London slipping back into negative territory; Westminster & RBKC post 12-month movements of -24.8% and -21.2% respectively

"The Christmas slowdown came early" for the UK property market, says Rightmove, "and the hangover lasted a few days longer into the New Year than usual".

RICS' latest monthly survey delivers its weakest near-term sales expectation reading since it started, in 1999

The UK's average house price increased by 2.8% in the year to November 2018; London's average dropped by 0.7%, according to official figures.

Of the five priciest properties on the Irish market, four are country houses and three have been looking for a buyer for over a year

2019 will be 'a year like no other', says Mayfair agency Black Brick, as it picks four key themes to look out for in the 12 months ahead...

UK property prices 'are approaching the limit that current incomes and credit conditions can support', says CBRE, and 'there is little to suggest a rebound in sales volumes'.