ABSTRACT

As we move into the new millennium, evidently the pace of change is increasing all the time. The surveying profession has to respond to the challenges if it is to continue to play an influential role in the property industry of the 21st century. Various catalysts are currently influencing the direction of this profession and in respect of residential property they include:

• the government are looking to make home buying easier through the establishment of ‘Vendors Surveys’ and other initiatives;

• the RICS has an ‘Agenda for Change’; • through new technologies the tools are now available to facilitate change in a way

never experienced before.