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What is a house survey?A house survey is an expert inspection of a property's condition, which identifies problems to a prospective buyer.It's completed by a surveyor who visits the property, carries out an inspection and prepares a report on what they've found.Home buyers generally have a survey done on a property after their offer has been accepted by the seller (but the system works differently in Scotland).Before commissioning a survey, you should check that the surveyor is a member of one of the two main accrediting bodies:Rics - Royal Institution...

If the trade war is making you fear for your portfolio, you're not alone.Institutional investors are also on high alert. Bank of America's latest Fund Manager Survey shows that the biggest money managers are concerned about President Donald Trump's trade policy sparking a global recession.The survey, which collected insights from fund managers globally between April 4 and 10 — right as markets were going haywire because of tariff announcements — revealed that investor expectations for global growth hit 30-year lows in April, with 82% of fund managers expecting a weaker economy...