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Superstition stalls the property market as completions drop nearly 40% on Friday 13th
Friday, 13 September 2019This Friday 13th could put the housing and commercial property markets on pause according to analysis by Search Acumen, the property data and technology provider, which shows a double-digit drop in both residential and commercial sales on Friday 13th.
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Conveyancing hits the Brexit buffers
Thursday, 22 August 2019Quarterly conveyancing volumes have dropped below 230,000 cases for the first time in two years (228,994), a decrease of over 10% compared with Q1, according to the Q2 2019 Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for July
Wednesday, 21 August 2019Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for July.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS construction figures
Friday, 9 August 2019UK construction continues to run, but nobody seems to know what on, or indeed, for how long. Elsewhere this week, experts have been discussing a potential crisis hitting the property market in twelve weeks’ time as UK markets continue to bristle with anxiety ahead of the Brexit deadline.
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Future Gazing – industry experts debate what’s next in PropTech
Monday, 5 August 2019We recently held a series of stimulating roundtables to reflect on the PropTech landscape and the potential of future innovations. We invited representatives from HM Land Registry (HMLR), Leverton, an Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning technology company, International Property Network (IPN), a blockchain property technology firm, research-led Artificial Intelligence company, Eigen Technologies, and also representatives from some of the country’s leading law firms to discuss hot-button issues in the digitisation of the property sector.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for June
Tuesday, 23 July 2019We regularly measure the rate of property transactions and our findings are mirroring those of HM Revenue & Customs – the Brexit effect has finally taken hold of the housing sector with transaction levels falling in June.
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Search Acumen report: Commercial real estate volumes grew by 20% since 2016
Monday, 15 July 2019Contrary to some doom-laden headlines we’ve been seeing in the last year, our new data-driven study found that the commercial real estate sector is healthy across England and Wales. In June 2019, we published our commercial real estate report examining the trends in transactions in non-residential properties in England and Wales using HM Land Registry’s (HMLR) public Price Paid Data (PPD).
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Search Acumen comments on the digitisation of the Local Land Charges register for Norwich City Council
Thursday, 11 July 2019One year on from the launch, we’re pleased to see the continued digitalisation of the Local Land Charges (LLC) register. This time it is by Norwich City Council, where professionals involved in buying and selling property can anticipate how the increased ease and speed of accessing data will improve the transaction process in the city.
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Search Acumen comments on ONS construction figures
Wednesday, 10 July 2019We recently heard that housebuilding has hit a ten-year low in London, but anxiety has spread beyond the capital as investors and developers are being forced to wait out the Brexit-fuelled uncertainty that’s swept the property development market.
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Search Acumen comments on MHCLG planning applications in England
Thursday, 27 June 2019It’s been a strong year for housebuilding, but planning applications and grants have continued to fall – 2018/2019 has seen the biggest dip in applications for a decade. At this rate, a slowdown in housebuilding is inevitable.
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