Rics surveyors report inquiries from new buyers, agreed sales and house prices were less negative in January Rics surveyors report inquiries from new buyers, agreed sales and house prices were less negative in January There are “tentative signs” that the housing market in England and Wales is recovering from a months-long slowdown after uncertainty around the autumn budget and economic pressures, estate agents and surveyors have reported. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said