It is hard to ignore the sheer weight of negative news stories surrounding the residential property market at this point in time.

Access to mortgage products is being restricted, the level of transactions has plunged and prices do now appear to be slipping whichever index one looks at.

To read the 2008 Housing Market Forecast from RICS, please access the PDF Download panel to the right of this page.

An index of the monthly RICS Housing Market Survey can be accessed at www.rics.org/hms