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Search Acumen comments on the latest RICS Residential Market Survey
Thursday, 13 July 2017Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest RICS Residential Market Survey for June 2017
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC property transactions
Wednesday, 21 June 2017While spring normally sees a flurry of activity, the snap election has slightly dampened buyers’ and sellers’ interest and means that transactions have been steady rather than spectacular. The temptation to adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach has kept the market on a broadly even keel, with activity dipping slightly from April to May.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS UK House Price Index, April 2017
Tuesday, 13 June 2017In the wake of a general election that saw housing affordability issues come to the fore, an uplift in house price growth from March and April will be met with mixed reactions during an already turbulent time.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC property transactions, April 2017
Tuesday, 23 May 2017Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on HMRC Property Transactions April 2017
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Conveyancing market flatlines as uncertainty clouds future outlook
Monday, 22 May 2017Quarterly activity levels have shown little sign of movement in the year so far, with conveyancing volumes up from 245,275 in Q4 2016 to 245,738 in Q1 2017, according to the Q1 2017 edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from conveyancing search provider Search Acumen. Meanwhile, unprecedented levels of activity in early 2016 caused an 11% year-on-year decline in activity, worsened by February 2017 witnessing the lowest level of monthly activity since April 2014.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS UK House Price Index, March 2017
Tuesday, 16 May 2017Today’s figures show that UK house prices are continuing to slow, falling from 5.6% growth in February to 4.1% in March. This trajectory is no doubt reflective of the wider sentiment of the UK housing market, with the industry remaining flat and stagnant in the face of ongoing uncertainty.
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Search Acumen comments on the latest RICS Residential Market Survey
Thursday, 11 May 2017Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest RICS Residential Market Survey for April 2017
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Search Acumen improves efficiency and transparency in the conveyancing market with quotation tool
Wednesday, 3 May 2017Search Acumen, the conveyancing search provider, has designed and launched a new online quotation tool for conveyancers to quickly and accurately calculate the fees associated with a sale or purchase of a property for their customers.
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Search Acumen comments on today’s HMRC Quarterly Stamp Duty Statistics
Friday, 28 April 2017“The squeeze on affordability appears to be continuing as today’s statistics from HMRC reveal that Q1 2017 saw a 39% drop in transactions that were not liable for stamp duty land tax. Prospective buyers are being priced out of the market by surging house prices and a decrease in transactions with low tax thresholds is symptomatic of the housing crisis that burns on.
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Search Acumen are first to offer commercial title ownership data to real estate lawyers
Tuesday, 25 April 2017Search Acumen, the property search provider, has announced it is the first in the industry to offer Land Registry’s Commercial Title Ownership data to its customers free of charge as the next step in the evolution of its commercial real estate platform.
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