House prices in Northern Ireland are continuing to head higher but the cost-of-living crisis has meant even estate agents expect the uptrend to soften in the coming year.
That is the message from two influential housing market reports released this week which both reported another steady rise in residential prices in the last month.
However, the market’s ardour is being dampened by waning consumer sentiment as would-be and current home owners try to cope with the rising cost of living against a backdrop of relatively weak wage growth.
