Recommendations made in our Property in Politics Report, which over 500 RICS members and 273 organisations contributed to, have been adopted in the long-awaited Lyons Housing Review for the Labour Party. Houses in UK The Lyons Housing Review has revealed a well thought through, long term plan for housing which…
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has proposed a new solution to solve the UK’s chronic housing shortage including the introduction of a new land classification. There are a raft of recommendations in the Property in Politics report with the new classification called Amberfield which would create a pipeline of…
Momentum in the UK housing market has faded with house price growth slowing to the same level as 16 months ago, surveyors say. Demand from new buyers fell for the third month in a row in September, a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) suggested. In London,…
Government planning rules aimed at bringing empty offices back into use has in certain cases resulted in existing businesses being served with eviction notices, a local government survey has suggested. The permitted development rights changes introduced in May last year allow offices to be turned into housing without planning permission…