1st Edition

The Residential Pathway APC Essentials

By Jane Forsyth Copyright 2025
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

The Residential Pathway - APC Essentials was written to facilitate and encourage candidates preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) to become Chartered Surveyors. This book will help candidates, their Counsellors and supervisors to understand: The requirements of the Residential pathway The detail of the technical competencies How to select suitable... Read more

Acknowledgements

Preface

 

1 Introduction

2 Inspection

3 Measurement

4 Valuation

5 Loan Security Valuation

6 Purchase and Sale

7 Market Appraisal

8 Leasing and Letting

9 Landlord and Tenant

10 Property Management

11 Building Pathology

12 Housing Maintenance, Repairs and Improvements

13 Legal/Regulatory Compliance

14 Mandatory Competencies as Technical Competencies (& Other Technical Competencies)

15 Submission Advice

16 Interview Advice

 

Index

Biography

Jane Forsyth BA (Hons), FRICS, FTPI, AFHEA, is a Chartered Surveyor, a fellow of The Property Institute, and a former property solicitor. She has 35 years’ experience in the real estate sector, including as a residential and commercial landlord, director of her residential management business, and director of a national property association. Jane has academic experience, including as Associate Tutor at the University College of Estate Management (UCEM), and she is now a Senior Lecturer in Property Law on the BSc (Hons) and MSc Real Estate degrees at Oxford Brookes University. Her RICS assessment experience includes sitting on final APC interview panels, and she has successfully mentored many Residential pathway candidates at Property Elite, in addition to providing training for candidates and qualified professionals. Jane is co-author of Real Estate: The Basics (Routledge 2022).