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"The fundamentals looks sound" for residential markets in 2018, says Winkworth, but the estate agency is not predicting much in the way of price rises.

Price declines are bottoming out as transaction numbers pick up, says Knight Frank - and there's even been some price growth in the £5m-£10m bracket...

Trevor Abrahmsohn has some early predictions on what next year might hold for the property market and life in general...

Council leaders propose five-year pilot scheme to fix "hollowed-out communities"

Property price inflation across the UK is expected to reach 14.2% cumulatively between 2018 and 2022;  prime regional markets are predicted to grow by 9.9%, with London in for a 13.1% rise.

Property prices in London are rising by 9.1% a year over the long-term, and the market "remains robust and healthy", says CBRE.

Where we're at, almost at a glance...

Jackson-Stops predicts little movement for property markets next year

65% of landlord acquisitions in the last 12 months have been mortgage-free, says Countrywide Plc

Host with the most said to be operating a portfolio of 881 properties in the capital, bringing in nearly £12m a year...

"Momentum in the market is likely to remain subdued in the near term", say residential property surveyors

A 0.1% monthly increase in the average PCL property value is "the latest sign that price declines are bottoming out", says Knight Frank