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SearchFlow launches 2022 State of Residential Real Estate Market report for Law Firms
Wednesday, 15 December 2021SearchFlow – one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions – has released a new guide that considers the anticipated trends for the residential property industry in 2022 and beyond.
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Administrative tasks in commercial real estate transactions will be fully automated by 2025
Tuesday, 7 December 2021More than two thirds (67%) of senior commercial property law professionals believe it will be very likely that administrative tasks relating to the legal transaction process for commercial real estate deals will be fully automated within the next three years.
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SearchFlow wins Search Provider of the Year award for the second consecutive year
Tuesday, 30 November 2021SearchFlow, one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions, has won the Search Provider of the Year award at the LEAP Modern Law Conveyancing Awards.
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Pandemic has highlighted digital gaps, property lawyers say
Friday, 19 November 2021Commercial property lawyers believe the pandemic has not only hastened the adoption of new technology but highlighted gaps where it could improve the conveyancing process.
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Adopting AI technology has some complexity. Where should property professionals begin?
Monday, 15 November 2021An SRA commissioned study into the legal sector and innovation revealed that a significant majority of surveyed law firms use technology in general to deliver legal services. However, only 37% use technology designed specifically for legal professionals, such as:
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The rise of cyber-criminal threat for law firms since Covid-19
Tuesday, 12 October 2021The global coronavirus pandemic, and the rise in people working from home, has unfortunately provoked a growth in cyber-crime. The UK government estimates that the cost of cyber-crime is £27bn per annum.
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SearchFlow launches ESG Due Diligence reporting service
Tuesday, 7 September 2021SearchFlow, one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions, has today announced the launch of a new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) due diligence report service to support real estate lawyers in accurately assessing ESG risk during M&A and investment deals.
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SearchFlow responds to the Halifax’s House Price Index
Thursday, 12 August 2021Halifax has just released its latest house price index data, which provides a view on July’s housing market, following the exceptionally high levels of activity we witnessed in June.
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Is regulation stifling innovation for law firms?
Friday, 30 July 2021When Raconteur published its special ‘Future of Proptech’ report in The Times, I was drawn to an article that was headlined ‘property solicitors must embrace tech’. The piece, written by Chris Stokel-Walker, focused on the need for conveyancers to “break the shackles of tradition” in order to be able to create a more modernised, digital way of transacting properties.
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How to manage client onboarding risks
Thursday, 8 July 2021As the world increasingly goes digital and integrates different processes, managing client onboarding risk needs to be an integral part of every property professional’s file opening procedure. Ongoing risk assessment remains their responsibility for as long as that file is open. One of the most effective ways to embed compliant, efficient and standardised client onboarding risk management practice is by setting up client risk profiles across all your branches.
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The rise of the agent
We believe AI agents are going to represent the biggest change to the way in which the general public interact with professional services business for generations.
The lonely role of a COFA: sharing the burden of risk management
Compliance officers for finance and administration in law firms can often find themselves walking a solitary path. But what if we could create a collaborative culture of shared accountability?
Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
The gap between the number of road traffic accident injuries and the number of motor injury claims continues to widen, according to the latest government data.
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