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China Commercial Enterprise Space Low Carbon Property Survey Questionnaire

As the global professional body in the built environment, RICS plays a pivotal role in collaborating with diverse industry stakeholders and universities in each local market.

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UK commercial real estate impact report

Unlocking the potential of the commercial real estate sector to increase productivity and improve placemaking is a key to boosting UK regions

RICS UK Advocacy Impact Report

Will distributed ledger technology disrupt the real estate sector?

The technology has the potential to improve speed, efficiency, transparency and trust in transaction value chains. But how mature is this technology?

Integration of geospatial data for retaining wall management

This research examines the use of the lower accuracy UAV data where high accuracy data from the terrestrial laser scanner is available but has...

Valuing Unregistered Land

This report investigates the widely-discussed claim that title registration is prerequisite for valuing unregistered land

The exercise of permitted development rights in England since 2010

In recent years, there has been a significant expansion in permitted development (PD) rights. The report presents an analysis of the exercise of PD...

The technological revolution and the future of residential property

The way business is conducted is changing. Many of the roles that will exist in 2030 will combine skills in ways not imagined today.

The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Surveying Profession

This paper identifies the most recent and important advances in technology and shows how they are relevant to the surveying profession.

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As the real estate industry grapples with advancing ESG priorities, experts in a recent webinar highlighted the importance of adapting business models and leveraging technology.

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The latest RICS Residential Survey for August 2024 reports a positive shift in the UK housing market, spurred on by the recent decrease in mortgage interest rates.

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The Commercial property market in the UK showed some improvement in Q1 2024, according to the latest RICS Commercial Property – although certain areas of the market continue to struggle against structural headwinds.

RICS Sustainability Report 2023: Global challenges and opportunities for real estate & construction

Following the release of the RICS Sustainability Report 2023, a recent webinar saw a panel of experts discuss how well sustainability is being implemented. Here are some of their thoughts.

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Revolutionising African Real Estate with Data Innovation

In this video discussion, Andrew Knight engages in conversation with Dolapo Omidire from Estate Intel.

RICS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Progress Report 2023

This report highlighted work with other built environment organisations to improve data collection, education to industry pipelines and professional understanding of the topic.

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