Brexit worries put a dent in confidence in country homes

Looking back at 2017, Michael H Daniels says our nearest neighbour’s trauma is cooling the market here, and is making the future a lot harder to predict    

The year was predictably dominated by the Brexit phase one negotiations (also known as death by one thousand cuts), with Ireland very much front and centre.

Burgeoning into all-out political trauma as the year closed, it took diplomatic brinkmanship to another level with the DUP unexpectedly in the box seats.