The admittedly highly erratic Easter UK retail sales figures show an actual increase and surveyors report more property inquiries.

公认变化无常的英国复活节零售数据，实际上出现了增长，建筑测量师称，房地产询价人数有所上升。

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Compared with those in other countries, surveyors in Britain are especially gloomy about the short-term outlook for rents, finds the RICS report.

RICS的报告发现，与其他国家的商业地产行业相比，英国的测量员对房产的短期租赁前景特别悲观。

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The buy-to-let market, which many have turned to as an alternative to unsatisfactory pension investments, is looking less attractive as surveyors report a decline in rents.

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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) report said its members were "cautiously optimistic" that this trend would continue.

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Scottish chartered surveyors also continued to report drops in prices, as a net balance of 12% more respondents claimed that prices had dipped.

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