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Search Acumen comments on MHCLG planning applications in England
Thursday, 27 June 2019It’s been a strong year for housebuilding, but planning applications and grants have continued to fall – 2018/2019 has seen the biggest dip in applications for a decade. At this rate, a slowdown in housebuilding is inevitable.
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Billion-pound commercial real estate league revealed
Wednesday, 26 June 2019Commercial sales of real estate exceeded £1bn in 2018 across thirteen local authority districts of England and Wales, as many areas have witnessed rapid growth over the last two years, according to insight analysis from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.
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Search Acumen comments on Homes England Annual Housing Statistics
Tuesday, 18 June 2019A buoyant market, a prosperous future – those are the phrases that spring to mind looking at today’s statistics.
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Search Acumen comments on RICS Residential Market Survey
Thursday, 13 June 2019The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results point to overall market trends remaining stagnant, with indicators on demand, supply and prices all falling within negative territory, albeit less so than previously.
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Tech supports developers’ smart use of land, says Search Acumen
Friday, 31 May 2019Not only was it a strong year of house building in 2017/18 with more than 160,000 homes completed in England, but as today’s Land Use Change Statistics reveal, it was a smarter year as developers built 3,300 more homes on previously undeveloped land compared to 2016/17.
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Top 200 conveyancers seize record market share as active firms drop below 4,000
Thursday, 30 May 2019The consolidation of the conveyancing market continues as the top 200 conveyancing firms now control more of the market (39%) than ever before, according to the Q1 2019 edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.
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Number of conveyancing firms continues to fall amid consolidation
Thursday, 30 May 2019The number of law firms involved in conveyancing has dropped below 4,000 for the first time for many years, while the top 1,000 have a bigger share of the market than ever, according to new research.
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SNaPS – A new era for commercial property due diligence
Friday, 17 May 2019PropTech is most effective when it is solving pain points in the property sector. So it was a natural step for us to address a well-known issue that all property lawyers are well aware of – the Search of the index Map, or, SIM process.
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Beyond blockchain – distributed ledger technology integration is here
Thursday, 9 May 2019The current property transaction process is riddled with frustration and pain points for everyone. In some regions of the UK, estimates found that buying and selling a house can take nearly eight months. It is a complex and outdated process in need of innovation.
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Search Acumen comments on RICS Commercial Market Survey Q1 2019
Thursday, 25 April 2019The commercial property sector faces significant upheaval in the coming years as occupier demand continues to decline across the board.
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Succession (Season 5) – Santa looks to the future
It’s time for the annual Christmas blog from Nigel Wallis, consultant at Legal Futures Associate O’Connors Legal Services.
The COLP and management 12 days of Christmas checklist
Leading up to Christmas this year, it might be a quieter time to reflect on trends, issues and regulation, and how they might impact your firm.
The next wave of AI: what’s really coming in 2025
The most exciting battle in artificial intelligence isn’t unfolding in corporate labs; it’s happening in the open-source community.
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