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Nina Young

Surveyors UK

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Independent insight on surveying, careers, AI, and professional visibility. Expect clear thinking, industry perspective, and commentary on how the profession is changing, written for surveyors and those working around the built environment.

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Oct 23 • 2 min read

AI in Surveying Insights: are lenders ready for AI valuations?

Hi Reader

Welcome to the new edition of AI in Surveying

As I track AI in Surveying across news and media every day, I wanted to provide articles that might be of interest to you, as well as my own weekly piece.

If you find this helpful please do share with colleagues and peers.

Nina's take

This week's AI in Surveying looks at the skills that matter more as AI speeds up the routine work. Every conversation on the podcast comes back to people.

  • Why bad news, negotiation and mediation now decide the outcome
  • Why checking and signing off AI output is becoming the core of the job
  • Where juniors will learn once their training tasks are automated
 
This week in surveying

15%

of surveyors feel well prepared for AI.

Source: RICS Surveying Skills Report 2026

Only 15% of surveyors feel ready for AI.

RICS's skills report says most of the profession is in the same boat. Source: RICS​

Government expects 5,000 more surveyors by 2035.

It also expects AI to reshape the work, and offers free training. Source: GOV.UK​

More lenders are skipping physical valuations.

Maslow Capital joins Gen H and Molo in automating simple cases. Source: Financial Reporter​

Wates is using AI to check thousands of pages of design reports.

Wates Residential says AI flags where one report contradicts another before it becomes a problem on site. Source: Inside Housing​

Chartered surveyor's AI platform wins at Property Week awards.

Rupert Parker's Building Passport won for its building records platform and AI assistant. Source: Property Week​

CIOB found 7,000 AI uses in four weeks, before it had a policy.

When it audited its own staff, 120 people were already using AI, so it started with a simple register of tools. Source: Intercloud9​

Drones and AI are checking 500 electricity transformers.

Team UAV captured standard images so AI can look for corrosion for National Grid Electricity Distribution. Source: Team UAV​
 
Wider AI

Solicitors get a 58-page AI rulebook.

Clients will soon expect the same openness from surveyors. Source: Law Gazette​

The FCA holds named managers accountable for AI.

Lenders will expect the same from their panels. Source: FCA​
AI explained

What is an LLM?

LLM stands for large language model. It is the technology behind tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini. It has learned from huge amounts of text and writes by predicting the most likely next words, which is why it can sound confident and still be wrong.

Until next week

Nina

AI advisory and CPD for your firm

Whether you're just getting started with AI or want to use it with confidence, I deliver practical training, CPD sessions and consultancy for surveying firms of all sizes. Reply to this email or contact nina@surveyors-uk.com to talk it through.

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Independent voice making surveyors visible | The Surveying Room - independent community for ALL surveyors, all career stages | This is Surveying podcast | AI in Surveying | Did you know? | Lionheart Trustee | Digital Strategist

Independent insight on surveying, careers, AI, and professional visibility. Expect clear thinking, industry perspective, and commentary on how the profession is changing, written for surveyors and those working around the built environment.

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