Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

The fact that many first time buyers have been forced to rent has helped fuel the recent rent rises, but as with all similar policies to get them back, the stamp duty concession brought a short term rush...

Property in North Surrey valued at more than four million GBP has been popular among international buyers over the past few months...

New research published by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has revealed that the central London office market helped buoy the rest of the sector in the UK after a further positive month in July...

Investors are still being drawn into Asia-Pacific commercial property markets, with a new report showing that during the second quarter of the year...

The Jones Lang LaSalle Global Market Perspective has described global real estate markets as following "a resilient recovery path during the second quarter"...

Investors are being drawn to residential real estate in the east of London due in part to strong occupancy levels among those working in the financial services sector...

A lack of growth in buyer demand combined with a drop in supply led to the UK property market staying flat in June...

The latest Global Commercial Property Survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (UK) is positive on the prospects for growth in many global markets...

UK farmland has continued to be one of the best-performing asset classes so far this year, with demand far outstripping supply. Farmland values in the country have climbed to an all-time high during the first quarter of 2011 and now stand at GBP 7,900 per acre....

Globally the number of distressed properties listed for sale is expected to increase, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has claimed....

Below market value (or BMV as it has become known) has always been the coveted golden chalice for most investors over the years - the very idea that one can invest in a "bargain" investment for less than it is worth and theoretically gain an instant profit in the process...

New research has suggested that Hong Kong will face a severe housing shortage for the next 20 years, unless the government provides more land to build on. According to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the overheating of the market has made property unaffordable....

Commercial real estate located in emerging countries has been found to be outperforming its more established counterparts. And, according to the latest global survey from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), this trend is likely to continue....

Performance in emerging destinations and Asian real estate markets are among the best in the world.

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Global Commercial Property Survey has highlighted that destinations within the two regions are comfortably outperforming more developed countries....

House prices edged up in May, but the Government’s decision to abolish HIPS has given supply a boost, according to the RICS.