Some forms require you to hold a current RICS license specific to that form. These are currently required for the RICS HomeBuyer Report and the RICS Condition Report. For more information on licensing see RICS Books.

To add a license to your account:

• Click Options then Licenses.
• Click Add license.
• Enter the license number.
• Choose the type of license you want to add to your account. If you have a combined license, you will need to register the individual license numbers for each type of report.
• Click Add license.

Only one user needs to add a license, and it will be shared accross all users on your account.

Most reports require credits to produce. You can experiment in creating draft forms as much as you want, but publishing a form will require credits. When you go to publish a form, you will be shown the cost of that form (in credits), how many credits you currently have, and how many you will have after publishing the form.

There is currently only one type of credit, the RICS Home Surveys credit, and the RICS HomeBuyer Report and RICS Condition Report both require one credit for each form published.

Buying credits

• Click Credits and purchases.
• Click Add credit.
• Add the number of credits you want to your basket, larger bundles offer greater discounts.
• Click Checkout.
• Click Buy now.
• You will be redirected to WorldPay, where you follow the instrutions on screen.
• When your purchase is completed you will be notified. Click OK to return to the Credits and purchases screen.

Instead of buying large numbers of credits, it may be possible to acquire a subscription for a one off fee. For further information contact RICS.