Ever since the Brexit vote in June 2016, investors and property buyers have been debating the effect that separating from the EU would have on the property market - and nowhere more than in Northern Ireland.

Belfast’s turbulent history needs little introduction. It is a story as familiar as the Middle East Peace Process, and no less traumatic. It exacted an impossible toll on its residents and touched a diaspora from North America to the Antipodes. But unlike some seemingly intractable conflicts, this story has a happier ending.

UK devolution and enhanced powers for the regions have long confounded British policy makers. Lauded by liberals for bringing democracy closer, its detractors have argued against a ‘federalist’ UK.

Birmingham is a city which is often overlooked; lacking the presence of Manchester, or the coolness of Bristol, it is often relegated in people’s minds to the status of just another Midlands city. However, underestimating Birmingham would be a huge mistake - this unassuming city in fact has the biggest population, and the biggest economy, of any city in the UK after London.