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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for December
Tuesday, 22 January 2019Brexit clearly cast a shadow over the UK property market in the run-up to Christmas, leaving the market flattened as a result. It’s likely the same shadow will extend into January once the first 2019 indicators emerge.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS Housebuilding Statistics September Quarter 2018
Tuesday, 15 January 2019We’ve found ourselves in a situation where we’re on track to have built nearly 160,000 new homes in England in 2018, but supply and demand constraints mean we’re in the midst of a housing crisis.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS Construction output in Great Britain, 11 January 2019
Friday, 11 January 2019The UK’s construction output continued to rise at a pace at the back end of 2018, no doubt fuelled by the impact that a strong Help to Buy scheme has had on the residential sector, particularly over the last year. Building is booming.
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Search Acumen comments on new SRA/CLC Price Transparency Rules
Thursday, 6 December 2018Search Acumen welcomes the decision to introduce price transparency for conveyancers.
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Search Acumen joins Global Legal Blockchain Consortium
Wednesday, 5 December 2018Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, is delighted to join the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium (GLBC), a body formed of 125 large companies, law firms, software companies, and universities from around the world that have united together to develop standards to govern the use of Blockchain technology in the business of law.
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UK Government signposts a propdata revolution to fuel housing reforms
Friday, 30 November 2018In recent months, the UK Government’s commitment to housing reform has become increasingly certain – and one of the ways it is trying to underpin that is by making more property data available.
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Search Acumen comments on MHCLG Affordable Housing Supply 2017-2018
Thursday, 22 November 2018The UK government and industry has finally woken up to the scale of our nation’s housing crisis. It’s encouraging to see recent drives to increase the supply of affordable housing start to reach fruition, with over 47,000 affordable homes delivered in 2017-18.
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Blackpool’s £250 million property market up by 19% in three years, as town prepares for digital data switch-over
Tuesday, 20 November 2018Blackpool’s property market is on track to surpass a valuation of £250m this year as the total spent on sales has grown by 19% since 2014, according to new analysis by Search Acumen, the property data and technology provider.
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Search Acumen comments on today’s ONS House Price Index – September 2018
Wednesday, 14 November 2018While reports of a Brexit agreement have resulted in a short-term rally for sterling, a similar boost to the UK property market is unlikely to materialise until well after March 2019
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Impending Transparency Reforms will create a better conveyancing sector
Monday, 5 November 2018In just a few weeks, conveyancers in England and Wales will be compelled to publish their fees as part of new Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) transparency rules, in an effort to give customers more clarity. We have no doubt whatsoever that this a good thing.
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