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Interview: Sir Bryan Carsberg

Sir Bryan Carsberg is one of the UK's most respected academics and business experts. His distinguished career has taken in prestigious posts at Manchester University, the LSE, the Office of Fair Trading and OFTEL.
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Laing O’Rourke reports record overseas profits

Contractor Laing O’Rourke has declared a three quarter leap in profits despite poor UK market conditions thanks to the firm’s strong overseas order book.
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Marc Da-Silva
in Bank of England, Douglas & Gordon, Ed Mead, Laing O’Rourke, News, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Tony Douglas on Tue 15 Jul 2008

Estate agents should ‘indeed’ be regulated

Many have welcomed a new report that suggests that estate, letting and managing agents should be formally regulated.
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Marc Da-Silva
in British Property Federation, Liz Peace, National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), News, Peter Bolton King, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sir Bryan Carsberg on Mon 16 Jun 2008

Thousands of homeowners in negative equity

Over 22,000 homeowners who took out 100% mortgages in the year to 31 March could face negative equity, according to the BBC.
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Marc Da-Silva
in Citigroup, Michael Saunders, News, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on Tue 10 Jun 2008

Rental yields on the up

A survey on residential lettings by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has found that instructions to let property have risen by 29%.
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Kate Hamilton
in British Property Federation, Ian Fletcher, James Scott-Lee, News, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on Thu 22 May 2008

Market weak until mid-2009, predicts RICS

Hopeful sellers, buyers and builders alike will be dismayed to learn that numbers of house sales could drop by over a third this year, according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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Marc Da-Silva
in News, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on Mon 19 May 2008

Housing market remains fragile

There is mounting evidence that residential property prices are waning, which is frightening off both propspective vendors and purchasers, leaving the housing market highly vulnerable, according to a fresh report out today.
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Marc Da-Silva
in Bank of England, Connells Survey & Valuation, Gascoigne Halman, John Halman, National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), News, Peter Bolton King, Ross Bowen, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Simon Rubinsohn on Tue 13 May 2008
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