Company Tag: RICS
Heavyweight organisations sign industry-wide pledge to speed up the home-moving process
The Home Buying & Selling Industry group has created an informal pledge to improve transparency and help speed up the home-buying process, which has been signed-up to be the RICS, NAEA Propertymark, Rightmove, …
RICS chief Bolton King steps down
Peter Bolton King has "semi-retired" from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, after nearly nine years as Global Residential Director.
UK house prices hit a four-year high as demand for outside space continues to climb
"The latest RICS survey provides firm evidence of a strong uplift in activity in the housing market which should help support the wider economy gain traction over the coming months," says RICS' Chief Economist …
Surveyors warn of a ‘boom followed by a bust’ as the property market continues to rally
Housing market activity continued to 'gain momentum' in July, reports the RICS, but most surveyors 'do not expect this impetus to continue' for more than a few months...
Industry Reactions: ‘Radical’ planning reforms promise to create ‘a whole new planning system for England’
There's a mixed bag of reactions to the Government's proposed sweeping reform of the planning system.
Amberfield land & more MMC: RICS pitches policies to drive ‘long-term improvements to the housing market’
Surveyors call for a new "Amberfield" land classification, more modular housing, and further interventions into planning and development, home ownership and the private rented sector.
Post-lockdown property market bounce ‘may quickly run out of steam’, warns the RICS
Sales activity has "rallied noticeably" since May, report surveyors
Work starts on a new code of practice for the whole residential agency sector
Baroness Hayter has been appointed to chair the new Code of Practice Steering Group, led by the RICS and TPO, that will follow through on recommendations made by Lord Best's Regulation of Property Agents …
Flying colours come digitally for new generation of surveyors
The number of people embarking on a career in surveying continued to rise in spite of the lockdown, reports the RICS
Most surveyors believe Covid-19 will drive property demand away from urban areas, high rise blocks & communal spaces
The latest RICS survey of surveyors included a question about potential shifts in the desirability of certain features of properties over the next two years.
Surveyors ‘remain cautious’ despite pick-up in market activity
New buyer enquiries, newly agreed sales, and new instructions have recovered since the lockdown, but surveyor sentiment is still not buoyant.
Surveyors reiterate call for Stamp Duty holiday following lockdown market ‘collapse’
RICS' measure of new residential property instructions fell to its lowest level on record in April (since at least April 1999)