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Housing needs and an ageing society.pdf

Regional responses to a changing context: housing associations and market renting in the North East and North West of England

This research aimed to examine the extent and nature of market renting provision amongst housing associations, but also – crucially - to explore the strategic decision making processes shaping such activity.

Global affordable housing report BRICS plus mortar

This report develops a global understanding of how housing systems are changing and interacting with economies by assessing change in Brazil, China and India.

International Review on Housing Taxation

This report examines three different aspects of housing taxation, in terms of their neutrality, fairness, transparency, efficiency and practicality.

Moving Forwards: Housing associations and market renting in the North East and North West of England

Regional responses to a changing context in housing associations and market renting in the North East and North West of England.

Mechanisms to increase housing land supply in England and Wales

This research identifies case study examples in England and Wales were mechanisms to bring forward land for housing have been used successfully.

REITs in China Opportunities and Challenges

This report presents the results of a one-month Chinese Real Estate Investment Trust Questionnaire survey conducted by INSITE Corporate Research Centre and RICS. The survey results indicate that although the prospects of REITs in ...

The Future Financing of Real Estate Development in Cities

This research project critically analyses the financing of cities by looking at San Francisco City and Bay Area examples of city finance that engage with real estate development.

Improving the accuracy of ASTER elevation data for glacial change assessment in Antarctica

This research investigates an automated mathematical approach known as ‘surface matching’, which offers significant potential for improving the accuracy of ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer) dat...

Utilization of BIM in Construction Cost and Project Management Practices

The study investigates the utilization of BIM in construction cost and project management practices in North America, China and the UK.

Cost of Prefabricated Building Integrated Photovoltaics

This research evaluates the mechanisms driving the cost reductions and deployment of prefabricated Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) and explores the benefits, including aesthetics, of integrating photovoltaics within build...

Information, search and housing choice

The project seeks to provide insights into the behavioural drivers of house moves; the nature and duration of the search process; the extent to which households are actually able to meet their needs and aspirations when they purch...

Better regulation of sales and letting agents: An impact assessment of costs and benefits

This research seeks to understand the potential impacts of amending existing legislation to simplify and rationalise the current regulatory process by bringing letting agents under the same statute as estate agents under the Estat...

Residential Property Measurement Practice: Evidence from world regions

This report assessed local property measurement practice across five world regions and attempted to quantify the measurement choices made locally.

Land Markets 3rd Edition

This paper looks at the reasons why buying and selling rights in land are important, and suggests ways in which the efficiency and effectiveness of land markets can be improved.

Unleashing Sub-Saharan Africa Property Markets

This research was commissioned to help understand the potential role RICS could play in Sub-Saharan Africa and in the land and resources sector by assessing the potential future demand for services of the built environment profess...

Public Sector Asset Management Roundtable Report

The aim of this study is to begin a dialogue on the discipline of PSAM that has never been done on a global scale. Its purpose is to articulate similarities and common strategic issues that most regions face rather than compare an...

Making more Brownfield land available for housing

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Tropospheric effects on GNSS positioning for airborne applications

In this research project, by collecting data from a GPS receiver mounted on the Snowdon Mountain Railway train, different GPS tropospheric mitigation approaches were evaluated in order to improve airborne kinematic GPS positioning...

An examination of the use of mobility expectations data in estimating future housing need and demand.pdf

This research project seeks to explore the factors that influence the propensity of a household to be able to predict future moves.