Defending Surveyor Valuations Against AVMs in Cautious Q2 2026 Markets: RICS Insights from February Residential Survey
New buyer enquiries plummeted to a net balance of -26% in February 2026—the sharpest decline since early 2024—while near-term price expectations collapsed from -6% to -18% in just one month.[3] These dramatic shifts in the RICS UK Residential Survey reveal a housing market gripped by uncertainty, creating a perfect storm where automated valuation models (AVMs) […]
