Company Tag: RICS

JLL and the RICS get behind "revolutionary" new digital marketing and measurement provider Spec, which promises to help agents "sell properties faster whilst building consumer confidence"

'It is hard to see what is going to provide much impetus for activity in the housing market in the near term', warns RICS' Chief Economist

'Activity indicators still point to little impetus,' say surveyors

Surveying body looks to clean up the property and construction sector, stamping out professional bribery and corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing

Surveyors report mild price drops across the country, although sales volumes and new buyer enquiries levelled out in April

'The latest RICS results provide little encouragement that the drop in housing market activity is likely to be reversed anytime soon'

But the gender pay gap is still rife; female property professionals earn an average of 31% less than their male counterparts

New buyer enquiries, new instructions and newly-agreed sales all continued to trundle downwards in February, reports the RICS

The Government's consultation is open until 10th May

Prime resi markets are "experiencing particularly challenging conditions"; surveyors report that two-thirds of £1m+ properties are selling for less than their asking price

The number of new instructions fell in December for the 23rd month in a row

RICS: House prices stayed 'broadly flat' last month - but the UK market is still heavily localised, with pockets of out- and under-performance