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For Generation Rent, the dream of home ownership may seem like a distant hope, especially when in the UK at the moment the average house costs over five times the average wage (up from three times in 1997, source). Government stats show that last year the shovels came out on over 100,000 new building projects, but for all those that did, there were plenty others that didn’t start at all. Continue reading →

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has seen the affect of the temporary stamp duty holiday coming to an end in March this year. The headline net price balance however did improve in May from -19 to -16. Continue reading →

The RICS House Market Survey for September, released yesterday, shows a continuing disparity between the housing market in London and the rest of the country. The UK as a whole saw a headline net price balance staying the same in … Continue reading →

The RICS UK Housing Market Survey for August released today reports the housing market remaining subdued and continuing to be caught by the overall economic gloom. The overall net price balance for housing edged down further into negative territory, from … Continue reading →

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reports it’s UK Housing Market Survey monthly and in June has seen the headline house price balance remain broadly the same. Continue reading →

The June House Price Balance from RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) has reported deterioration across the nation…except London that has continued to buck the trend. With demand remaining flat the RICS Housing Market Survey, which queries its members on … Continue reading →

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has reported on it’s latest survey of it’s members. The overall outcome indicates a broad improvement across the market. The general view is this has been helped by the good weather in April. … Continue reading →

The RICS Housing Survey for March shows that although the headline price balance has improved again, there are still quite a few negative points to note: headline price balance remains negative, meaning more surveyors are seeing falling rather than rising … Continue reading →

RICS, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surevyors, has released it’s monthly survey results. Key points from the survey is: Headline Price Balance* improves – yet remains nagative New instructions rise and new enquiries stablise London bucks the trend by reporting … Continue reading →

According to RICS’s there is evidence that suggest a ‘lacklustre’ of activity in December due to the heavy snowfall. The Housing Market Survey reported that new buyer enquires (demand) continued to fall in December and new vendor instructions (supply) declined … Continue reading →