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Government cutbacks will affect the industry’s ability to respond to demand
Tuesday, 3 January 2023Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for November 2022:
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Search Acumen partners with fellow proptech business – adoor – creating the first unified platform for all parties and advisors involved in a property sale
Friday, 16 December 2022Property data, insight and technology provider, Search Acumen, has partnered with innovative homebuying app, adoor, to help improve the property transaction experience for homeowners and buyers through time saving, efficiency and a better customer experience.
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Volume of property transactions outpacing law firms, increasing 15% year on year
Friday, 16 December 2022With recession confirmed and house price falls predicted next year by up to 9% according to last week’s OBR report, property transaction levels remain remarkably high in a race for home movers to complete.
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Macro-economic pressures take their toll as house price growth stagnates
Wednesday, 14 December 2022Latest ONS HPI figures have been published this morning and show average UK house prices increased by 12.6% over the year to October 2022, up from 9.9% in September 2022.
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Latest HMRC figures show a small but steady increase
Tuesday, 22 November 2022Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for October 2022.
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Expect to see further declines coming down the tracks…
Thursday, 17 November 2022Remaining largely unchanged, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the average UK house price increased by 0.1% between August and September 2022
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Transaction times have never been in sharper focus
Friday, 21 October 2022Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for September 2022: Non-seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in September 2022 remains on par with August 2022, with 0% change
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Today’s 1.1% rise in house prices for August may be the last we see for some time as consumer confidence hits the breaks
Wednesday, 19 October 2022On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in the UK increased by 1.1% between July and August 2022, following an increase of 1.3% in the previous month.
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The Great Wealth Escape: one in three high-value homebuyers venture beyond London
Monday, 26 September 202223% of the 1,000 most expensive homes to change hands in England and Wales last year were located outside Greater London, up from 13% in 2018. Data for 2022 so far indicates 34% of high-value homes are situated outside the capital.
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Search Acumen comments on Stamp Duty reforms
Friday, 23 September 2022Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on today’s Stamp Duty reforms announced in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Growth Plan Statement.
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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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