Valuations in a stagnant UK housing market: interpreting the latest RICS market survey data
Three consecutive months of falling house prices, a 10% drop in mortgage approvals, and 60% of surveyors reporting weaker buyer demand — the May 2026 RICS UK Residential Market Survey paints a picture that property professionals cannot afford to ignore. For anyone commissioning or conducting a valuation right now, understanding the dynamics behind these numbers […]
Rental Market Supply Crisis and Valuation Adjustments: How -27% Landlord Instructions Reshape PRS Property Values in Spring 2026
A single RICS survey figure stopped the UK property industry in its tracks in early 2026: landlord instructions had collapsed to -27%, the sharpest recorded net decline in new rental stock coming to market in recent memory. At the same moment, asking rents surged +20% over three months, and tenant demand — paradoxically — hit […]
Valuation Adjustments from February 2026 RICS Survey: Countering Geopolitical Caution in Buyer Enquiries and Price Expectations
The February 2026 RICS Residential Market Survey reveals a stark reality: buyer enquiries plummeted to a net balance of -26%, marking a sharp deterioration from January's -15% and signaling renewed market weakness just as confidence appeared to stabilize. This dramatic shift in Valuation Adjustments from February 2026 RICS Survey: Countering Geopolitical Caution in Buyer Enquiries […]
