Key Professional Standards Flashcards
Conflicts of interest
- RICS Global Professional Standard: Conflicts of Interest (2017)
- RICS Professional Statement: Conflicts of Interest - UK Commercial Property Market Investment Agency (2017)
Handling clients’ money
RICS Professional Standard: Client Money Handling (2019)
Bribery
RICS Professional Standard: Countering Bribery, Corruption, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (2019)
B C M T
Big Cocks Make Time
Health and Safety
RICS Professional Standard: Surveying Safely - Health and Safety Principles for Property Professionals (2nd. Ed, 2018)
Asbestos
RICS Professional Standard: Asbestos (2021)
Advocates
RICS Professional Statement and Guidance Note: for Surveyors acting as Advocates (2017)
Expert Witness
RICS Professional Statement and Guidance Note: for Surveyors acting as Expert Witnesses (4th Ed. 2014, updated 2024)
Arbitrators
RICS Professional Standard: Surveyors acting as Arbitrators in commercial property rent review disputes (9th Ed., 2013)
Independent Experts
RICS Guidance Note: for Surveyors acting as Independent Experts in commercial property rent review disputes (9th Ed. 2014)
Lawyers
RICS Guidance Note for Surveyors and Lawyers involved in tenancy renewals under PACT (2nd Ed, 2018)
Dispute Resolvers
RICS Professional Standard: Conflicts of Interest for members acting as Dispute Resolvers (2nd Ed. 2020)
Cybercrime
Proposed RICS Professional Standard on Data Handling and Prevention of Cybercrime
Valuation
- RICS Valuation - Global Standards (2021) - The Red Book
- RICS Valuation - Global Standards (UK National Supplement, 2023)
- RICS Professional Standard: Comparable Evidence in Real Estate Valuation (1st Ed. 2019)
- RICS Professional Standard: Valuation of Development Property (2019)
- RICS Professional Standard: Sustainability and ESG Guidance in Commercial Property Valuation and Strategic Advice (2021)
Sustainability
RICS Professional Standard: Environmental risks and global real estate (2018)
Measurement
RICS Professional Standard: RICS Property Measurement (2nd Ed. 2018)
Viability
- RICS Professional Standard: Financial Viability in Planning: Conduct and Reporting (1st Ed. 2019)
- RICS Professional Standard: Assessing viability in planning under the National Planning Policy Framework 2019 for England (1st Ed. 2021)
Surveying and Mapping
RICS Professional Standard: Measured Surveys of Land, Buildings and Utilities (3rd Ed. 2014)
WLCA
RICS Professional Standard: Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment (2nd Ed. 2024)
Cost Prediction
RICS Professional Standard: Cost Prediction (1st Ed, 2020)
Cost Reporting
RICS Guidance Note: Cost Reporting (1st Ed, 2015)
Valuation of Property Development
RICS Professional Standard: Valuation of Development Property (2019)
- Comparative method should be cross checked with residual method, don’t rely on one method if possible
- For lengthy projects, DCF might be best used
- Risk analysis so scenarios can be modelled, risk and return levels should be explicitly stated in the valuation report
- When valuing land, determine land plus costs, and completed development minus costs - check against each other
- Valuation reported as single figure
Red Book - Supplement
RICS Valuation - Global Standards (UK National Supplement, 2023)
Relationship between Red Book and UK National Supplement
- Came into effect May 2024
- Reflects outcomes of review by Peter Pereira Gray
- The National Supplement expands on the RB and is not a substitute
- Specific requirements for members on application of RICS Valuation - Global Standards
Sustainability and ESG in Valuation
Professional Standard: Sustainability and ESG in commercial property valuation and strategic advice (effective 2022)
- Glossary of terms which should be incorporated (TOE, valuation purpose, inspection, reporting)
- Sustainability characteristics, considerations and risks which should be borne in mind
- How these should be reflected in choice of valuation methodology