It's not that it's suddenly spreading more, but as awareness has risen, valuers report it more".
After an 18-month freedom-of-information battle waged by local residents, the district valuer's report of Capco's viability assessment was made public.
I was pretty sure I had uploaded two photos of my item (one front, one back), but the valuer had written in the report how it was a shame he or she hadn't been able to see a picture of the front of the item, and only the photo of the back was included in the PDF.
The starting price is expected to be a rock-bottom $4bn, a hefty discount to an already low figure of $10.4bn given in a report by the official valuer, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
The report, authored by the government's district valuer service (DVS), takes issue with the calculations provided by Capco - its viability assessment - on the grounds that they were done in a way likely to have underestimated future profits from the scheme.
"The conveyancer advised the valuer that the address had been identified on an environmental report as being 'on site' - within 1.8 km of a drill head on the Cuadrilla site at Balcombe.
Charles Lewis, chartered surveyor at Fredericks Hearl and Gray, says: "If such issues are picked up by the valuer, they would advise the lender to insist on a specialist report as a condition of the mortgage.
A quick walk around the corner past two pawnbrokers, Richard Sharp, a valuer at rival estate agent Yates Walker, tells the same story.
An independent valuer will be asked to advise the council on what offer to make, but a report to the cabinet warned that there must be "a very clear exit route" so that the council does not end up taking on significant liabilities.
The property market is also suffering a fresh downturn, said the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a report today, with valuers across the UK blaming the decline on anticipated public sector job losses.
Brampton was an expert valuer in rugs, carpets and antiques and Gyetvai was a general valuer.
