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RICS’s new resi king backs tougher regulation
20 April 2012
The RICS has appointed Peter Bolton King as its global residential director, as it attempts to increase its influence in the sector and tackle issues such as regulation and sustainability.
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RICS’s new resi king backs tougher regulation
20 April 2012
The RICS has appointed Peter Bolton King as its global residential director, as it attempts to increase its influence in the sector and tackle issues such as regulation and sustainability.
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RBS in £300m valuation row
23 March 2012
£578m Deutsche Bank Glanmore Property Fund argues with revaluation as pressure mounts to repay loan
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Bank of Ireland sues Edward Symmonds over valuation
17 February 2012
Edward Symmons is facing a £4.9m claim from Bank of Ireland over a property valuation, as the lender seeks to recoup losses incurred by the collapse of one of its debtors.
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Green Property Alliance and RICS launch studies to chart incentives
17 February 2012
RICS data will show impact of sustainability on property value. Sarah Townsend reports
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Valuers, watch your step: hazards ahead
03 February 2012
Lawyers predict rise in professional negligence claims. Sarah Townsend reports
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Professional Primer: RICS business valuation
27 January 2012
An insight into the world of business valuation
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Cancel rates valuation
20 January 2012
Sir, Following the commercial property value meltdown of 2009, the simplest and most effective help the government could give to hard-pressed business — and the property sector in particular — would be to cancel the 2010 business rates valuation.
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Red Book overhaul is long overdue, 13.01.12
20 January 2012
Sir, During the post-1974 crash, when we did year-end valuations, the chief fund manager would cross out a valuation of £80m and write “£65m”, which was only a small increase over the previous year.
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Olympic Park’s value ‘drops by 75%’
13 January 2012
The value of London’s Olympic Park has fallen significantly since £750m was spent on 500 acres of land for the site, a Jones Lang LaSalle valuation suggests.
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Red Book overhaul is long overdue
13 January 2012
Valuers have had a tough downturn, berated by banks and fund managers disillusioned with the advice they received and the shadow of litigation still looming large.
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RICS rewrites valuation ‘bible’
13 January 2012
The RICS Red Book of valuation standards is being rewritten this year in response to claims that surveyors are failing to make accurate valuations in times of market volatility.
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Investors fly green flag for property values
20 May 2011
Hermes, Tishman Speyer and Credit Suisse identify link between sustainability and property values
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Greater transparency in valuation "critical" for shopping centres, says BCSC
5 May 2011
Greater transparency and consistency in shopping centre valuation is “criticial” for boosting confidence in the sector, the British Council of Shopping Centres said yesterday.
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Cushman & Wakefield expands valuation team with poaches from rivals
14 April 2011
Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its UK valuation and advisory team with poaches from four property consultancies.
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TJ Hughes in rent talks
01 April 2011
Discount chain negotiates with landlords over monthly payments
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Hometrack helps homebuyers threatened by ‘down valuing’
11 March 2011
Housebuilders use valuation data to set accurate pricing
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Advice: How valuers can protect themselves against negligence claims.
10 March 2011
In 2007, you valued an office at £10m. In 2011, the bank values that same office at £1m, and it’s asking you why £9m has vanished. What do you do?
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Boom after bust: legal claims against valuers
04 February 2011
As lenders count their losses from the recession, 2011 could be the year that the number of lawsuits against property valuers explodes
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Nine join Ernst & Young’s push to triple its property practice
04 February 2011
Ernst & Young has made a series of hires to create a new real estate valuations team
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Countrywide launches valuation service with First Direct
1 February 2011
Property services firm Countrywide has launched a valuation service with First Direct.
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RICS goes water defining
28 January 2011
You can lead a valuer to water, but you cannot make them value it
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Knight Frank poaches Glasgow valuations partner from Savills
20 January 2011
Knight Frank has poached Gary Murphy from Savills to be a partner in its Glasgow commercial valuation team.
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Rarely in the field of property valuation has so much been overvalued by so many, says Nick Leslau
14 January 2011 upload
I usually like to start new year’s predictions with the bad news and then end with the good news but, as the best news is that I hope we don’t have too much bad news in 2011, I will have to break with convention.
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Savills acquires CBRE team to open second Swedish office
13 October 2010
Savills is to open a second office in Sweden after acquiring a four-strong team from CB Richard Ellis.
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RICS reveals April deadline for valuer registration scheme
27 September 2010
Valuers in the UK have until the end of next April to sign up for a registration scheme for the profession being led by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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Small firms warned over valuations
18 August 2010
Inaccurate property valuations are preventing many smaller firms from accessing affordable bank lending, a business support group has warned.
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Business park value decline slows
06 August 2010
Strutt & Parker/IPD index shows resilience among best parks
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Property owners: Get on top of underinsurance
23 July 2010
Although most people begrudgingly pay for insurance, there is something worse: payingfor insurance that would not cover you even if the worst did happen. But many property owners are unaware that they in such a situation.
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Property's caped crusader: helping charities run their buildings
28 May 2010
Charitable organisations often lose money when managing their property interests. The Return Foundation is trying to change that
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Knight Frank faces £40m claim for valuer negligence
9 April 2010
Hatfield Philips sues services firm over Gateshead shop and investigates change of use
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Hamptons International launches valuation division
10 March 2010
Hamptons International has unveiled plans to expand further into new markets with the introduction of a valuation division.
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Servicer queries Colliers valuation
19 February 2010
Hatfield Philips appoints valuer negligence expert over €103m CMBS loan
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Values to rise by 3.5%
19 February 2010
UK property values will rise only marginally this year as part of a “slow but definite recovery”, BNP Paribas Real Estate predicted this week
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Post-Lehman transactions void leads to rent review rows
12 February 2010
Lack of rental evidence after September 2008 is leading to more disputes
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Professional opinion: Jo Stocks
5 February 2010
In dilapidations, as in all things, prevention is better than cure
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How to avoid pain in the valuation blame game
15 January 2010
In a falling market, professional negligence claims against surveyors are more common as valuation reports come under scrutiny
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BNP Paribas Real Estate poaches valuation head
14 January 2010
BNP Paribas Real Estate has appointed Alistair Oates as head of valuation in the UK.
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Databank: Counter-cyclical ground rents
04 December 2009
Ground rent portfolios have long been the domain of specialist investors
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Need to know: Valuer registration
04 December 2009
UK valuers have been praised for responding quickly to falling property values, but the RICS still wants to raise the standard of valuations.
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Landlords and their incredible shrinking leases
27 November 2009
New research from the British Property Federation and Investment Property Databank shows leases are growing ever shorter
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RICS opts for valuer registration not accreditation
27 November 2009
The RICS will start to register Red Book valuers from next summer
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IPD Conference: Two thirds of UK properties sold at below valuation, IPD says
26 November 2009
More than two thirds of UK property disposals last year were sold at below price valuation, according to the Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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RICS wins friends for backtracking on valuation standard
13 November 2009
Accreditation off the agenda as RICS consults on registration scheme
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Cushman: yields at 6.58%
06 November 2009
Prime yields fell by 35 basis points to 6.58% in October, the largest monthly decline since 1993
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Lorenz unveils UK-wide dilaps network
06 November 2009
Rent review specialist launches Dilaps UK franchise venture
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Valuation accuracy holds steady in Europe says RICS
3 November 2009
The accuracy of commercial property valuations fell slightly in the UK last year but increased in three of largest property investment markets in Europe “despite unprecedented circumstances”, according to the RICS.
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RICS serves up pub lease guidance
30 October 2009
The RICS is to improve guidance on how pub leases should be valued and establish a code of practice to help tenants negotiate with pub companies
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RICS reviews valuer accreditation scheme
21 October 2009
The RICS is set to water down proposals for an accreditation scheme for valuers in the wake of industry criticism published today.
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Valuers question tribunal’s new powers
16 October 2009
Valuers “in dark” over what Valuation Tribunal for England will be able to do
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Weston affronted by valuations
16 October 2009
Colchester’s recovery may be being hampered by under-pressure surveyors’ low valuations, claims housebuilder
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The aims of valuation
24 July 2009
With deals still thin on the ground, the question of the accuracy of valuation is more relevant than ever. To stir debate about possible solutions, the Investment Property Forum today publishes a paper, written by professor Neil Crosby. Here is an abridged version, followed by your letters about RICS plans to accredit valuers
