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Search Acumen comments on today’s ONS House Price Index (Jan 2017) and HMRC Property Transactions (Feb 2017)
Tuesday, 21 March 2017“Last week’s statistics on housing affordability proved just how disproportionate the gap between the average salary and house price has been over the past decade. Today’s ONS statistics reveal the first picture of the New Year and show us that the strong growth in UK house prices have little sign of easing. Average house prices in the UK have increased by 6.2 percent in the year to January 2017 – rising above December’s year-on-year growth – and will be leaving current homeowners celebrating whilst prospective buyers will be further deflated from their hopes of embarking on the housing ladder.
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Search Acumen comments on today’s ONS housing affordability statistics for England and Wales: 1997 to 2016
Friday, 17 March 2017“Today’s statistics reveal that the typical price paid for residential property in England and Wales increased by 259% between 1997 and 2016 – an obviously significant jump over nearly two decades. On average, working people could expect to pay around seven and a half times their annual salary when purchasing a home in England and Wales last year, up from around three and a half times their earnings twenty years ago. Evidently, the 21st century has seen home-ownership pushed far into the distance for many young professionals but we are now in danger of ‘Generation Rent’ encompassing house hunters of all ages.
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Search Acumen comments on the Department for Communities and Local Government housebuilding statistics, 2016
Thursday, 23 February 2017Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “2016 housebuilding starts soared to their highest level seen in England since the financial crisis in 2008 – reaching over 150,000 across all dwellings.
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Search Acumen comments on the ONS House Price Index, December 2016
Tuesday, 14 February 2017“2017 will almost certainly be another year of big house price increases. The final month of 2016 saw a 1.4% jump in house prices, setting the tone for the year ahead.
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Search Acumen transforms commercial property due diligence with launch of new, fully integrated data platform
Tuesday, 14 February 2017Search Acumen, the property search provider, has launched an online platform specifically dedicated to commercial property transactions, designed to transform the due diligence process by providing real estate lawyers with instant access to commercial property data sets and the ability to conduct and manage a portfolio of property searches in one place.
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Search Acumen comments on the government’s Housing White Paper
Tuesday, 7 February 2017The battle for a more efficient housing market has sprung into action with the publication of the Housing White Paper marking a vital acknowledgement of the current broken system. Planning for the right homes in the right places, building homes faster and diversifying the market are all welcomed ploys, but the announced modernisation of Land Registry mustn’t be overlooked as a leap in the right direction for our industry.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC Number of Property Transactions, December 2016
Tuesday, 24 January 2017Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “Despite activity being 8.5% lower than 2015, data for December has revealed a steady end to the year with a 0.2% month-on-month increase in residential property transactions.
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The future could be looking brighter as we enter a new year, with worries surrounding construction output taking a positive turn
Tuesday, 17 January 2017Andy Sommerville, director at Search Acumen, comments on ONS UK House Price Index, November 2016.
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Top five conveyancing firms gain most from property surge
Wednesday, 19 August 2015The top five conveyancing firms handled 10% more transactions in the second quarter of this year than in the same quarter the previous year, research has shown. However, the bottom half of the top 100 have showed the fastest growth over the past four years.
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Monday, 4 August 2014INNOVATION IS PART OF OUR DNA WE’RE CHANGING THE FACE OF SEARCHES TODAY, anticipating new opportunities as bigger data becomes available tomorrow. Search Acumen is a property data insight and technology provider to conveyancers, solicitors and commercial property lawyers across the UK.… Read More
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