All RICS articles – Page 6
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Surveyors fret over who will pay for jobs
Latest quarterly RICS survey says profession worried about financial health of projects
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News
RICS says workloads up in 2018 despite 'Beast from the East'
Weather not enough to damage order books, according to RICS survey
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Property professionals' salaries surge to 10-year high, says RICS survey
Almost two-thirds of property professionals saw their wages go up
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Comment
Optimism rises that 2013 will see more homes sold – that should mean more homes built
Buyer interest has been increasing since September, prices seem more stable and the Funding for Lending scheme may loosen the mortgage market
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Comment
Why we should be cautious about seeing the RICS survey as a signpost to growth in UK construction
Like all surveys, its finding needs close interpretation and consideration when there are structural changes within the industry
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Beware estate agents selling optimism – the housing market remains in a worrisome state
While the RICS may see a brighter end to the year, in relative terms it is still extremely gloomy
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The housing market is in a coma and the drugs don’t work – a bit more verve perhaps?
More potent and perhaps more directly applied medicine might be needed to get Britain building homes
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Whatever the spin, the housing market news looks to be getting worse
The numbers in the latest RICS housing market survey are negative however you look at them
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Government should be fixing its policy credibility rather than boasting about its fiscal credibility
The Government is beginning to more clearly recognise the urgency of getting construction back into growth
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Housing market hits a boggy patch
Measures recorded by the RICS and Hometrack surveys point to tough conditions for those looking to sell homes
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Latest construction data underlines tough challenge for the industry in 2012
The latest statistics fit with forecasts of a construction recession for the best part of a couple of years
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Things may look slightly better in the housing market, but I wouldn’t get too excited
What are the medium-term prospects of the housing market?
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The dials are set for a long period of flatlining but it's high house prices that bode ill for building
If we can’t shift houses that are already built, how can we build more?
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RICS sees some positive signs in the private sector, but it's London and South-east driven
There are some positives in the latest survey but don’t get too excited until you read all the figures
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Latest housing market weather reports suggest little break in the clouds post's title
House prices are bad, but no worse than we’ve come to expect
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Spiralling rents pose a tough question for Shapps: Where will the new homes come from?
The newest survey by RICS ups the pressure for affordable housing
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Thank God for the bankers
The RICS’ latest survey – and the current shortage of office space in London – shows that upcoming opportunities in construction will follow the money
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RICS housing survey suggests a house price slide, unless you’re in London
Banker bonuses pep up prices in London, while public sector cut-backs hit the North
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RICS housing market survey provides more worries over build rate for homes
Housebuilders are refusing to reduce prices which means fewer buyers
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Drop in homebuyers and sellers in December: was it snow or a change in climate?
Spring will tell whether there is new growth in housing prospects