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Not having a place to call home is one of the most stressful situations a person can find themselves in, and as ‘stress’ is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May) the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is urging property firms in Scotland to get behind

A new research report has highlighted the benefits, implications, and losses for public authorities and communities by extending permitted development rights. Published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Extending Permitted Development Rights (PDR) in England looks at the implic

Construction workloads in Scotland remained resilient despite bad weather in the first quarter of 2018 though labour shortages remain a concern for the sector, a new survey has found. The latest Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reveal

Lack of supply continues to push up prices in the Scottish housing market and slow down demand, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor’s March 2018 UK Residential Market Survey.

Salaries for Scottish property professionals have increased to a ten year high, according to a new survey. The 2018 Salary Survey by RICS and Macdonald & Company found that the base salaries grew on average by 11% to £50,969 across Scotland.

The Falls of Shin visitor centre in Lairg has been shortlisted in three categories Twenty seven of the most innovative and community beneficial property projects from across Scotland are set to go against some of the region’s best in this year’s RICS Awards 2018, Scotland.

A rise in house-building drove an overall marginal increase in construction activity in Scotland during the final quarter of 2017, according to new figures. Both public and private sector house building activity was higher in the quarter, according to the balance of respondents to the quarterly Cons

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a global competition calling on young people to come up with new ideas to find the best solutions to help Glasgow tackle its high levels of homelessness. Glasgow, Manchester and London are among 24 global cities chosen for the competit

Charles Craigie Marwick The Lands Tribunal for Scotland (LTS) has announced the appointment of Charles Craigie Marwick BSc (Hons) FRICS as its new surveyor member in succession to the late Douglas Gillespie.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has joined forces with property industry charity LandAid to launch a campaign to deliver more bed spaces for homeless people in Scotland during winter. As part of RICS’s 150th anniversary in 2018, the campaign known as Pledge150 will see RICS - a

Workloads in the UK construction and infrastructure sectors continued to rise moderately in the third quarter of 2017 but skills shortages are once again impacting the industry, according to the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Around 22% more respondents to the latest RICS UK Constru

A CGI of the new office development at New Waverley A project to maintain and improving key transport links for communities in the Inner Hebrides and the regeneration of a previously neglected corner of Edinburgh’s Old Town Conservation Area have scooped the Project of the Year titles in the Infra

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a campaign to celebrate and commemorate the outstanding contributions the surveying profession has made to shaping Scotland’s built and natural environment over the past 150 years. As RICS celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2018, th

Sir Michael Burton Sir Michael Burton, a Judge of the High Court of England and Wales from 1998–2016, and the President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, has been appointed chair of the RICS Conduct and Appeal Committee.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has successfully recruited a new cohort of lawyers to its construction adjudicator panel. Shona Frame (CMS Cameron McKenna LLP), Richard Silver (Silver Shemmings LLP), Brandon Malone (Brandon Malone & Co), Peter Aeberli (3 Paper Buildings), Ken