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Flooding – issues of concern to chartered surveyors (ARCHIVED)
Published August 2009
Effective from August 2009
Archived 21 November 2017
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
The purpose of this information paper is to provide chartered surveyors in England and Wales with background information on the issues involved in flooding and flood defence. Although the primary focus of this report is on flooding in or from rural areas, it is recognised that rural and urban areas are linked through the floodplain, and that the consequences of action within one area can cause flooding elsewhere. -
What is the impact of flooding on property values? (RICS)
Published June 2009
This research indicates that flooding has only a temporary impact on property values, and after three years prices had returned to their normal market level. While flood events in low risk areas had no impact on property prices, being designated at high risk of flooding also has had no effect on property values in areas with no flood events. -
Flooding: issues of concern to RICS surveyors and valuers (Residential property) (ARCHIVED)
Published March 2015
Effective 3 March 2015
Archived 20 June 2018
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
This information paper describes the nature of the current flood risk problem, the consequences of that risk and how a residential practitioner may take these into consideration when providing residential survey and valuation services. -
Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: an international comparison (RICS)
Published March 2017
Commentators have increasingly raised concern over the impact of flood risk on commercial property insurability, maintenance and recovery, property utility and, ultimately, property value. -
Flooding and its implications for property professionals
Published October 2025
Effective from October 2025
The threat from flooding to property in the UK is becoming much more serious. Flooding is likely to be an increasingly important concern to the clients of surveyors, and they will seek advice from members of the profession on questions relating to construction, valuation, property management and remediation.
Flooding can affect people and property in many different ways. RICS members in many disciplines may be called on to advise on the impact of flooding, and the remediation and mitigation of the effects of flooding, on all property types.
The purpose of this practice information is therefore to raise awareness among all members of RICS and to highlight the following:
- aspects of flooding that may be important to different areas of professional practice
- the constant need to take a broad and strategic view of the risks that arise from flooding, and
- the different approaches that may be helpful in reducing or mitigating these risks.
In adopting this cross-profession approach, we emphasise the importance of recognising the role that members in different RICS disciplines can play, and the need to work across traditional discipline boundaries in future.