Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Visit website

Submitted Articles
Related Articles

40 found

New Government needs to view housing market as a whole not separate parts, as rents are set to rise08/08/2019
As the new government beds in, the July 2019 RICS Residential Market Survey results show some of the improvement seen in near term expectations for [...]
Construction sector loses patience with Brexit indecision19/07/2019
The markets’ patience with Brexit related indecision appears to be wearing thin, as the results of the Q2 2019 RICS Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey [...]
Brexit impasse continues to challenge the market, says RICS11/04/2019
The housing market was still subdued in March, a picture that has been evident in the sales market for several months now, according to the [...]
Prolonged Brexit uncertainty will damage the UK housing market, says RICS14/03/2019
Prolonged Brexit uncertainty will likely further damage the UK housing market, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, following Theresa May’s Brexit deal [...]
Solid housing market in Scotland and Northern Ireland13/09/2018
Amidst varying reports on national house prices this summer, the August 2018 RICS Residential Market survey continues to show a diverse regional picture with the [...]
RICS makes an initial response to revised NPPF25/07/2018
Tony Mulhall, RICS Associate Director: The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) attempts to give greater clarity to the planning [...]
RICS: housing sales remain subdued as rent expectations continue to heat up11/07/2018
Sales activity in the UK housing market remains subdued, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, June 2018. Significantly, over the month, newly [...]
May housing market sees flat sales picture, but a small increase in supply14/06/2018
The May RICS UK Residential Market Survey has shown a few signs of life as houses start to come back on to the market, but [...]
RICS responsds to 'New powers for councils to deliver homes for local families': provides opportunities to turn 'NIMBYs' into 'YIMBYs'06/06/2018
RICS has responded to Housing Minister Dominic Raab MP's 'New powers for councils to deliver homes for local families'. Abdul Choudhury, RICS Policy Manager commented: [...]
Buyer enquiries and sales stabilise in April, as house prices dip10/05/2018
House prices at a national level dipped marginally in April, while they continue to fall in London and the South East in particular, according to [...]
Lack of PDR regulation is producing low quality housing01/05/2018
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has today published Extending Permitted Development Rights in England, looking at the implications of extending the policy. With [...]
RICS: Backlog in delivery pipeline sees construction workloads hold steady despite bad weather19/04/2018
Construction workloads remained resilient despite bad weather and a weaker near-term economic outlook, in the first quarter of 2018 – according to the results of [...]
March marks one year and counting of falling demand in UK housing market12/04/2018
The momentum in the UK housing market continues to slow, as buyer demand falls for the twelfth consecutive month, according to the March 2018 RICS [...]
RICS on housing announcement - Urging developers to ‘do their duty’ shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what’s needed06/03/2018
Lewis Johnston, Parliamentary Affairs Manager, RICS : “The planning changes announced today, under consultation, effectively mark the end of the localism experiment for housebuilding. In [...]
UK house price growth set to come to a halt20/12/2017
House price growth in the UK will likely come to a halt over the course of next year as the number of transactions reduces slightly, [...]
RICS calls for funding for vital infrastructure and housing in the Autumn Budget16/11/2017
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) today calls on government to take urgent action to ensure the delivery of affordable homes, to fill funding [...]
RICS: skills shortages biting construction sector once more16/11/2017
Workloads in UK Construction and Infrastructure continued to rise in Q3 2017, according to the latest RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey, with 22% [...]
RICS UK Residential Market Survey, September 201712/10/2017
Buyer enquiries and sales balances slip back a little further in September National price balance still marginally positive but London and the South East return [...]
RICS responds to the council house building announcement05/10/2017
Lewis Johnston, RICS Parliamentary Affairs Manager: “It is over 65 years since a Conservative Conference committed the party to delivering 300,000 homes a year. With [...]
Growth at the headline level but regional house price picture remains mixed, RICS report15/09/2017
There is an increasingly mixed picture across the UK housing market, according to the August 2017, UK Residential Market Survey. Although the headline level shows [...]
Housing market set for further uncertainty18/07/2017
House price inflation has dropped further in June, with sales activity following the same downwards trend, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey. [...]
Resi property professionals input needed on changes to international measurement04/05/2017
Residential market professionals and housing experts are needed to help shape a new international standard that includes a change to measuring residential property. Currently, taking [...]
Residential sales still lack impetus13/04/2017
The UK housing market continues to lack impetus, with new buyer enquiries and agreed sales stagnant in March. The number of properties coming on to [...]
Housing activity stutters in December19/01/2017
RICS UK Residential Market Survey, December 2016 Slow start to 2017 apparent as activity in the UK housing market stutters • Housing sales activity reduced during [...]
RICS launch anti-homelessness campaign to unite wider property industry15/12/2016
The RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) – in collaboration with the Homes for Cathy Group - has launched an anti-homelessness campaign, known as ‘A [...]
Freeing up brownfield land key to affordable housing delivery - RICS18/11/2016
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) urged the Government to adopt additional measures to speed up affordable housebuilding ahead of the Housing White Paper [...]
Force speculators to use land and support planning departments to get more affordable homes built18/11/2016
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called on the government to take urgent action to ensure the delivery of affordable homes. The latest [...]
Prospective house hunters return to the market, but struggle to find available homes14/11/2016
House hunters are returning to the UK residential market after the June referendum, but may face a lack of purchase options as the supply of [...]
Short-term drop in UK house prices for the first time since 201210/06/2016
House prices across the UK are set to dip over the coming months while rents continue to rise, according to a survey. The Royal Institution of [...]
RICS conference set to debate the future of Strategic Facilities Management12/05/2016
Today, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) revealed the programme for its Strategic Facilities Management (FM) conference on Tuesday 14 June 2016. The conference [...]
Advocate's Close in Edinburgh wins Project of the Year at RICS Awards Grand Final in London 201519/10/2015
RICS has today named the Advocate’s Close project in Edinburgh as the national Project of the Year at the RICS Awards 2015 Grand Final held [...]
Property industry unites to build diversity and create opportunities for all26/06/2015
Nineteen built environment firms are the first in the UK to become signatories of a new industry initiative launched by the RICS (Royal Institution of [...]
United Nations Global Compact and RICS target land, construction and real estate sector24/06/2015
The United Nations Global Compact and RICS today issued a call to organisations in the land, construction and real estate sector, and those working with [...]
Strong construction demand to drive tender price increases20/05/2015
BCIS UK Construction Briefing May 2015 Resource costs forecast to rise by 17% over the next five years Tender prices forecast to rise by 28% [...]
Will 2019 be the year that the UK stops building?09/02/2015
Worsening skills shortages in the construction sector could threaten around 27,000 projects a year by 2019, new research reveals today. Data released by the Royal [...]
RICS promotes best in class with launch of new curriculum28/03/2014
RICS sponsors new educational scheme to encourage young talent into a career in design, engineering and construction. Students from schools in London and the South [...]
NRM3 proven to reduce capital and operational expenditure20/03/2014
New Rules of Measurement 3 (NRM3) has launched with speakers from high profile users including Heathrow Airport, University College London and the Ministry of Justice’s [...]
Tender prices expected to rise as optimism returns10/03/2014
Tender prices fell by 0.8% in Q3 2013 compared with Q2 2013, but rose by 6.3% compared with the same quarter in 2012, according to [...]
RICS UK Residential Market Survey, January 201428/02/2014
RICS believe that a shortage of homes coming onto the market is seriously slowing growth and inflating property prices in many parts of the country. [...]
RICS provides construction industry with toolkit for measurement 17/07/2013
RICS’ cost measurement tool, the New Rules of Measurement 1 (NRM1), has been adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to help with collecting [...]

22 found