Latest: Freezing property tax 'may cause problems for future house buyers'

Latest: Experts are warning that freezing property tax could discredit the whole system.

Update - 10.35am: Experts are warning that freezing property tax could discredit the whole system.

It follows a pledge by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to work "might and main" to avoid a rise, but he has stopped short of promising to keep taxes at their current levels.