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Announcement – Celebration of life
It is with great difficulty that we announce the very sad news of our colleague and friend Peter Sowerby passing away yesterday.
Search Acumen comments on ONS UK House Price Index, October 2017
Today’s house price statistics will bring little festive cheer to the UK’s first-time buyers. While growth in prices has slightly dampened during 2017, the market continues to push itself further out of reach for young market hopefuls who were wishing to put up a Christmas tree in their new home this year.
Legal Futures Roundtable Report in association with Search Acumen: Exploiting data
The working practices of property lawyers have changed little since the 19th century. Many aspects of the conveyancing process remain offline – documents are still on paper and the data entered manually. The commercial transaction process is laborious, slow and expensive, and both the client and firm are losing out as a result, a maddening […]
Challenger firms take advantage as conveyancing market bounces back in Q3
The UK conveyancing market bounced back in the mid-summer following a significant drop in activity in Q2 2017, with challenger firms taking full advantage of a revival in transaction numbers across the property market.
Search Acumen comments on the latest ONS House Price Index, September 2017
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest ONS House Price Index, September 2017
The Beginning Of The End – Commercial Property Searches Are Changing Forever
It’s the beginning of the end for searches as we know them in the commercial property market. And that’s a very good thing.
Search Acumen comments on the UK Prime Minister’s housing pledge at the Conservative Party Conference
Our country needs to embark on the greatest housing boom the UK has witnessed in a century. For decades, UK governments have neglected the critical issue of our nation’s housing shortfall and as a result we estimate by 2022 the UK will be short of a million homes
England’s new homes shortfall will reach more than one million by 2022
England is on course to be lacking more than one million new homes to meet the demands of a growing population after years of reducing new home build development.
Search Acumen comments on DCLG Help-to-Buy Equity Loan Scheme Statistics to June 30th, 2017
“The good news in the most recent Help-to-Buy loan scheme figures is just papering over the cracks in our housing market. A record number of borrowers in Q2 2017 took advantage of the programme and that’s an admirable thing. But, borrowers had to take on more debt than ever to make their homeownership dreams a reality. In London in particular, many first-time buyers are resorting to taking on equity loans of up to 40%.”
There remains a national failure to build enough homes to meet demand
Search Acumen comments on ONS House Price Stats for Small Areas, year to March 2017
