Nearly half of residential surveyors expect to leave the profession within a decade

Skyline's first Survey of Surveyors, published on 27 August, found 46% of residential surveyors do not expect to still be working in ten years, with 62% already over 50 and fewer than 16% under 40. The government is proposing mandatory upfront condition reports, a reform that would lean on exactly this workforce. For buyers and sellers, thinner survey capacity risks longer waits at the point a sale is agreed. This is one industry survey, not a measured shortfall.