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Number of properties owned by overseas companies falls since EU Referendum
Friday, 15 January 2021The number of properties in England and Wales owned by overseas companies has fallen by 4,000 since the EU Referendum, reveals new research by Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.
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Why AI could hold the key to revolutionising legal work on UK property transactions
Thursday, 26 November 2020This year has shown us that more than ever technology is an essential part of how we work. Integrating transformative technologies such as AI and machine learning should be front of mind if we are to build on the progress made to date around streamlining and improving efficiencies in vital legal real estate processes.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS construction output data in Great Britain for Q3 2020
Thursday, 12 November 2020Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “This latest data underlines the scale of the sharp bounce back the construction sector has undergone since the troughs of lockdown.
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Search Acumen launches first Artificial Intelligence tools
Wednesday, 4 November 2020Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has introduced its first artificial intelligence (AI) tools to speed up the legal due diligence involved in UK property transactions.
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Conveyancing Standards Bill – Search Acumen comments
Friday, 9 October 2020Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “The proposed Conveyancing Standards Bill has the right message when it comes to ensuring consumer protection for people making possibly the single most important investment of their lives.
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Search Acumen comments on MHCLG House building
Wednesday, 30 September 2020Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “This latest data reveals the scale of the damaging impact that strict lockdown measures and the showdown of building sites had on the construction sector.
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Home Buying and Selling Group’s (HBSG) Industry Pledge
Friday, 25 September 2020While MHCLG has previously provided some pertinent guidance for improving the home buying and selling process, more needs to be done at a time when the market is struggling with delays and failing to match rising levels of demand. Industry commitment is now needed to take its guidance one step further.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS House Price Index for June 2020
Wednesday, 16 September 2020Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “These latest figures show that the release of pent up demand following the easing of restrictions have put upward pressure on prices across all segments of England’s property market, particularly in the new build sector.
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Search Acumen launches Data Snapshot
Thursday, 10 September 2020Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has launched a new report aimed at helping real estate lawyers to identify risk early on, progress transactions more efficiently and better manage the sharp rise in demand in the UK’s property market.
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Working together to put data at heart of the UK planning system
Thursday, 3 September 2020By Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director of Legal Futures‘ Associate Search Acumen The recent months may have been filled with uncertainty, but now it is time to act decisively on some of the clear learnings that have emerged. While Covid-19 exposed… Read More
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