Lender's independent monitoring surveyor

Published March 2015
Effective from 27 March 2015
Reissued September 2025

This practice information supports the work of RICS members who assess risks and give technical advice to those who provide third-party finance on real estate developments.

It covers:
- project structure
- conflicts of interest
- technical due diligence
- financial close/contract completion
- practical completion and
- risk analysis.

This document was reissued in September 2025 as practice information. It had previously been published in March 2015 as a guidance note. The regulatory requirements remain the same and no material changes have been made to the document.