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Two Investment Zones have outperformed the commercial real estate market in H2 2023
Tuesday, 19 December 2023Analysis from property data and insight company Search Acumen shows approved Investment Zones in South Yorkshire and the Liverpool City region are outperforming the wider market in terms of commercial real estate transactions.
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Steady rates and some stability can provide a sense of reliability in uncertain times
Monday, 18 December 2023The Bank’s decision to keep base interest rates steady today comes as no surprise, as they continue supporting the economy through this period of difficulty that is starting to show green shoots of recovery.
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Latest HMRC property transaction figures show macro-economic conditions continue to subdue residential and commercial property markets
Thursday, 30 November 2023Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for October 2023:
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Monetary incentives to cut planning application timescales is an encouraging step in the right direction
Wednesday, 22 November 2023The Chancellor’s announcement of some reform to our ailing planning application process will be positively received across the board by the property industry. Whilst this is largely focused on infrastructure, it paves the way for more reform in the near term by the current Government.
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Appears to be fright night for estate agents in the UK today
Tuesday, 31 October 2023The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in September 2023 is 85,610, 17% lower than September 2022 and 1% lower than August 2023
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Widescale adaptation of a market to suit current trends is a mean feat to achieve
Friday, 29 September 2023Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for August 2023.
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Non-compliance with energy efficiency standards could cost commercial property sector over £1 billion in annual rental income
Friday, 22 September 2023Since new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) took effect in April 2023, there has been a 7% fall in non-compliant commercial rental properties in England and Wales (with EPC ratings below E).
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Investors are looking for sectors that are capable of outperforming property benchmarks
Thursday, 31 August 2023The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in July 2023 is 86,510, 16% lower than June 2022 and 1% higher than June 2023
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The seven-year squeeze – national workforce grows seven times faster than commercial floorspace since 2016
Thursday, 24 August 2023The size of the workforce across England and Wales has grown seven times faster than the total volume of commercial floorspace since 2016, according to a new study by commercial property data provider, Search Acumen.
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The increase is positive, but comes from a low base indicative of stagnating UK economy
Friday, 28 July 2023Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for June 2023.
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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