If you can't sell, swap: how the rich do it A Dublin property developer has acquired the Canadian embassy residence on nine acres opposite Bono's house in Killiney in exchange for a D6 home - and €3m

Estate agents are bracing themselves for further job losses in the New Year 2008Review: ESTATE AGENTS: At least a quarter of all estate agents have lost jobs, writes Fiona Tyrrell

New Homes

• Market on the floor at end of a GUBU year 2008Review: Buyers haven't gone away, you know, says Ronan O'Driscoll - but selling the 30,000 empty new homes will be a challenge

2008Review

• Jargon busting guide - revised for the recession 2008Review: AGENT SPEAK: A is for arrears, B is for bridging loan (no longer available) . . . Isabel Morton updates a property jargon guide
• Deal or no deal? It's your call 2008Review: NEGOTATING: It was the year everybody learnt how to haggle. Arthur Beesley reports
• Buy my house and get me free- sellers turn to novel ways of enticing customers 2008Review: HARD SELL: Want a Lamborghini? A pad in Cape Verde? A wife? These days vendors are getting increasingly desperate, says Paul O'Doherty
• Homes at a discount - but are they still a good buy? 2008Review: AFFORDABLE HOMES: There are lots of apartments and houses for sale under the Government's Affordable Homes schemes, writes Frances O'Rourke
• Interest rates falling - but lenders are setting tougher borrowing rules 2008Review: MORTGAGE MARKET: Lending as we knew it is going to change, says Simon Carswell
• Prices down by 40% since peak 2008Review: PROPERTY VALUES: Residential property prices have fallen further than people realise, says estate agency chief  Keith Lowe  - but he says next year could show a recovery
• Auctions get hammered 2008Review: AUCTION MARKET: Auctions have virtually collapsed in a year of dismal results - and agents don't expect a recovery any time soon, writes Orna Mulcahy , Property Editor
• Cutting prices is the only way to sell in sluggish market 2008Review: SELLING: While surveys talk of an average price fall of 9 per cent since January, some vendors have had to cut prices by 50 per cent to sell, writes Orna Mulcahy , Property Editor
• Credit crunch hits holiday haven 2008Review: HOLIDAY HOMES: Even lovely West Cork is suffering from the slump, says Conor Power
• Plain-speaking president says market could stabilise in the last half of 2009 2008Review:  INTERVIEW: Oversupply of properties is one of the big problems with the current market, IAVI president Edward Carey tells Rose Doyle
• Tenants call the shots and landlords take the pain 2008Review: RENTAL MARKET: Rents are falling and the number of rental properties is rising, so tenants rule the roost, writes   Edel Morgan

Architecture

• Construction halt leads to wide-ranging staff cuts 2008Review: ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION: Many building projects came to an abrupt stop causing a swift reaction across the industry, write Emma Cullinan and Fiona Tyrrell

Interiors & Exteriors

• Classics, chairs and Shebeen chic 2008Review: Now money is tighter we are getting more creative with DIY, choosing quality classics and revamping furniture and interiors bit by bit while chairs take centre stage for their ability to easily transform a room, writes Alanna Gallagher

International Property

• Feelgood movie of the year drives investors to Greece 2008Review: International: The songs, the dancing, the fun and all that beautiful scenery - Mamma Mia! has done wonders for Greek property, writes Liz Rowlinson

Q&A

• Q&A We don't have insurance: is it too late to get?

CountryLiving

• Some country house sellers still in denial 2008Review: COUNTRYESTATES: There are four country  houses for every buyer after an annus horribilis in  the country market, writes Michael Parsons  

Planning & Development

• 160-bed hospital and 40 homes for Mount Carmel MOUNT CARMEL Medical Group is submitting a planning application to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to redevelop Mount Carmel Hospital in Churchtown, Dublin 14, writes EDEL MORGAN
• Developer returns with scaled down scheme for former Smurfit HQ in D6 DEVELOPER PAMERETTE Ltd is making another attempt to redevelop the former Jefferson Smurfit headquarters at Beech Hill in Clonskeagh, Dublin 6, into a mixed-use scheme, writes EDEL MORGAN
• Incinerator draws fire from locals WATCH THIS SPACE: THE EPA'S decision to grant a licence to Dublin City Council for the operation of a waste incinerator at Poolbeg is a blow to locals, says Ringsend, Irishtown, Sandymount Environment Group.
• DIARY Property dates for your diary
• A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR AREA An Bord Pleanála
• WORTH THE INVESTMENT The address: Apt 39 Collins Square, Benburb Street, D7. The property: one-bed on the ground floor for €175,000.