Company Tag: RICS

Demand for residential properties rose in December to a three-month high, with anecdotal evidence suggesting that a buy-to-let rush ahead of April's 3% SDLT levy is at least partly to blame, says the Royal…

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has bumped its property price forecast for 2016 up from +4.5% in November to +6% in its latest housing update.

The number of properties on surveyor’s books reached a new low in November, says the RICS, as prices continue to rise at a "firm pace" and transaction levels stay flat.

UK House prices are expected to rise by 4.5% per annum over the next five years, delivering a cumulative increase of around 25% according to the latest from RICS. RICS Forecasts

"It is hard not to see prices continuing to move higher over the coming months and into the early part of 2016," says the RICS' chief economist, as the Institute's latest data shows an uptick in agreed…

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has amended its forecasts for this year to reflect higher price growth and lower transaction levels.

Buyer demand is continuing to rise while supply conditions "continue to tighten," says the RICS in its July Residential Market Survey.

Construction workloads rose in Q2 2015 with 44% more respondents to the RICS' regular survey reporting higher activity levels (up from 37% on the previous quarter), driven by office development and private…

The three big policy announcements for the high-value property industry in today's Emergency Budget were a mixed bag.

The RICS is working on plans to introduce a new Homebuyers Report, without the valuation bit.

Pre-election uncertainty saw new instructions fall for the third month in a row, and house prices rise again in all parts of the UK in April, according to the latest from the RICS.

The volume of sales and of new buyer enquiries "flat lined" in March, says the RICS, as the number of fresh properties hitting the market fell for the second month in a row.