RICS Public Affairs Blog

RICS Residential Property Proposals

This week, RICS has outlined proposals for comprehensive action to address the needs of the UK housing market. A letter has been sent to the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Housing Minister suggesting action under five headings: fiscal/financial, housing

Who's your neighbour?

Looking for new property in a neighbourhood you don't know? Wondering what the new neighbours will be like? The website www.rottenneighbour.com will tell you. It describes itself as "the first real estate search engine of its kind, helping you find troublesome

RICS Regional Office cities, where is living the most expensive?

Mercer has published its semi-annual Cost of Living Survey, ranking 143 of the world's largest and most important cities from around the world. The survey measures the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location, including housing, transport,

Carsberg Review of Residential Property

On Monday Sir Bryan Carsberg will be launching his Review of Residential Property. The final report and recommendations will be available to download at www.rics.org/carsberg after 11am. Updates next week - the public affairs teams are looking forward

Draft Legislative Programme

The Government's Draft Legislative Programme will be announced after Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow. As the name suggests, this sets out the legislative agenda for the next parliamentary session. Rumours have been circulating about the content of

RICS CONNECT Available Today!

The latest edition of RICS Connect (previously known as the Public Affairs Brief) will be sent today to all subscribers. The complete rebranding of the newsletter will be unveiled alongside a new template in June which we hope readers will find more user-friendly!

Who will London elect ?

Today the results will start coming in for the battle for London. Will it be Boris, Ken or Brian who emerges the winner ? Here is the link to the results . Whatever the outcome RICS is ready to work with the next London Mayor on key property and planning

European quarter facelift

Beginning April the Brussels-Capital Region (one of the three Belgian regions) in partnership with the European Commission and the City of Brussels, launched an urban design competition for the European district. According to the Commission's press release,