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Why it’s time for lawyers to part with paper
Wednesday, 15 September 2021Lawyers do not become legal practitioners to do paperwork, but when managing heavy workloads, it can sometimes be hard to think about innovation and adopting new processes. This can lead to frustrations as a result of inefficient practices that impact service delivery and slow down transaction times. Covid-19 has only served to aggravate the pitfalls of a paper-based way of working.
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House prices lose momentum, but no sign of pre-pandemic price correction
Wednesday, 15 September 2021Average UK house prices grew by 8% over the year to July 2021, down from 13.1% in June, with the average price of £256,000 standing £19,000 higher than a year earlier.
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Today’s ONS Construction Monthly figures
Friday, 10 September 2021Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on today’s ONS Construction Monthly figures: “After a frenetic year in the housing market, stock levels are severely depleted as a result of more than 12 months of exceptional demand. This imbalance and the sheer level of demand kick-started the construction sector earlier this year, with developers keen to revive stalled projects as confidence rose along with house prices.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for July 2021
Tuesday, 24 August 2021The latest UK monthly property transactions data shows that the provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in July 2021 is 73,740, up 4.2% from July 2020 but down 62.8% from June 2021
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Red hot house prices leave first-time buyers and legal professionals with a mountain to climb
Wednesday, 18 August 2021Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the new record high for UK house prices in today’s ONS UK House Price Index for June 2021.
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London loosens grip on high-value property market as house prices surge
Wednesday, 11 August 2021Surging house prices over the last year have loosened London’s grip on the high-value property market, according to analysis of official data by Search Acumen, the property data and insight provider.
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Tidal wave of transactions as conveyancing firms endure busiest period of homebuyer demand
Tuesday, 10 August 2021The number of property transactions registered in England and Wales climbed 20% over the last quarter, rising to 290,248 in Q2 2021, up from 241,916 in Q1 2021, according to the latest edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.
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Delivering a digital first approach to managing large scale property portfolios
Thursday, 5 August 2021Knights, the UK’s fastest growing legal and professional services business outside of London, has almost doubled in size during the past 18 months. Adoption of technology has long been central to Knights’ growth strategy as it seeks to improve processes to the benefit of its professionals and clients. As part of this, Knights has been using Search Acumen’s commercial platform ForeSite for a long time.
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Search Acumen launches new digital onboarding solution eCOS
Monday, 2 August 2021Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has added electronic client onboarding solution (eCOS) to its suite of digital conveyancing tools, equipping legal firms with a fast, digital process to communicate with their clients.
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Search Acumen launches interactive data tool to provide early warning of property transaction risks
Tuesday, 20 July 2021Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has launched a new tool that provides real-time property data to lawyers via interactive reports, empowering them to advise clients earlier and progress transactions more efficiently than ever before.
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Strong AML controls are meaningless with incomplete data
One expectation as the FCA takes control of anti-money laundering oversight is a move towards more supervision rather than simply writing new rules.
Navigating the legal AI productivity-profitability paradox
Firms are achieving efficiencies through AI, especially in the practice of law. Yet many are struggling to see that reflected in their financial outcomes
Regulation, growth and access to justice: why legal services need a reset
Well-intentioned consumer protections embedded in the regulation of legal services increasingly act as barriers to innovation, competition and access to justice.
