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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…

STUDENT accommodation provider Unite Group [LON:UTG] said yesterday its property portfolio had jumped in value and that nearly all its rooms were full as the new academic year begins . The property group said that the quarterly valuation of its UK Student Accommodation Fund, in which Unite holds a 21.6pc…