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Search Acumen comments on ONS construction figures
Friday, 18 October 2019Today’s construction figures show the value of construction new work in Great Britain continued to rise in 2018, reaching its highest level on record at £113,127 million; this was driven by growth in public sector work of £2,697 million and to a lesser extent growth in the private sector of £750 million.
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Commercial buyers of new build real estate increasingly looking beyond the M25 as market falters
Thursday, 10 October 2019Commercial buyers’ appetite for new build properties is increasingly focusing outside London in 2019, with 83% of transactions falling outside the M25 – up from 74% in 2017, according to insight analysis from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider.
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Adopting a digital mindset to future proof the industry
Wednesday, 9 October 2019A few weeks ago I met with Estates Gazette to discuss my views on how to future proof the legal sector as well as the innovations that will transform real estate transactions.
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National Empty Homes Week 2019 September 23rd – 29th
Thursday, 26 September 2019Monday 23rd September marks the start of National Empty Homes Week. The Empty Homes Week was founded by Action on Empty Homes to highlight Britain’s underused or completely unused housing stock and to encourage action on how it can serve those with housing needs.
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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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