Spring 2026 Housing Market Slowdown: Adjusting Building Survey Standards for -26% Buyer Enquiry Decline
RICS data from February 2026 recorded buyer enquiries down 26% — the sharpest seasonal drop in over a decade — at the very moment spring should be driving the market's busiest weeks. That single figure is reshaping how building surveyors operate, what lenders demand, and how cautious buyers protect themselves in a market that has […]
