Valuation Accuracy for 2-5% Price Growth Properties: RICS Tactics for Modest 2026 Market Expansion
A net balance reading of -10% on UK residential price expectations signals something counterintuitive: not a collapsing market, but a stabilising one where modest 2-5% annual price growth is becoming the defining feature of 2026. For chartered surveyors, this narrow growth band is arguably the most technically demanding environment in which to operate. When prices […]
Valuing Data Centre Developments in 2026: Surveyor Challenges for High-Density UK Sites and Infrastructure Impacts
The UK data centre colocation market is forecast to reach £11.08 billion by 2030, driven by surging AI workloads and hyperscaler expansion [10]. That single figure reframes everything a chartered surveyor thought they knew about valuing industrial and commercial property. Valuing Data Centre Developments in 2026: Surveyor Challenges for High-Density UK Sites and Infrastructure Impacts […]
Party Wall Surveys for Modular and Offsite Construction: 2026 Compliance in Accelerated UK Builds
Offsite construction now accounts for a growing share of new UK housing delivery, with the government's target of 1.5 million new homes by 2029 placing enormous pressure on build programmes to accelerate. Yet one legal obligation has not accelerated alongside the technology: the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 still governs every build that touches, approaches, […]
