Practice standards and guidance


RICS Red Book

RICS Valuation Standards contain mandatory rules, best practice guidance and related commentary

Subsidence relating to insurance claims

Discover more about the causes of subsidence, heave and landslip, plus some of the other causes of building fractures

Rare earth metals

Read the background information on issues surrounding 'rare earths' and the considerable role they have to play in facilitiating a low-carbon future

RICS Blue Book

RICS Residential Property Standards are now available and contain new guidance on lettings

Damages for delay to completion

Explore the principles behind damages for delay to completion, reasons for their introduction and how they are certified or released

Cost analysis and benchmarking

Find out more about the purpose and process of both cost analysis and construction project benchmarking


Latest Upcoming standards Documents from RICS

Facilities data and information management (December)

This information paper aims to support chartered facilities management practitioners by providing an outline to help generate, analyse, use and report on management information for organisational success. ...

UK commercial real estate agency standards (November)

The publication aims to help improve standards in the commercial real estate agency sector by raising public and professional awareness alike.  By setting out clearly the duties of real estate agents and the scope of services offered, it is hoped that the guidance will increase awareness of what consistutes best practice in this area.  ...


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