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Monetary incentives to cut planning application timescales is an encouraging step in the right direction
Wednesday, 22 November 2023The Chancellor’s announcement of some reform to our ailing planning application process will be positively received across the board by the property industry. Whilst this is largely focused on infrastructure, it paves the way for more reform in the near term by the current Government.
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Appears to be fright night for estate agents in the UK today
Tuesday, 31 October 2023The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in September 2023 is 85,610, 17% lower than September 2022 and 1% lower than August 2023
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Widescale adaptation of a market to suit current trends is a mean feat to achieve
Friday, 29 September 2023Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for August 2023.
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Non-compliance with energy efficiency standards could cost commercial property sector over £1 billion in annual rental income
Friday, 22 September 2023Since new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) took effect in April 2023, there has been a 7% fall in non-compliant commercial rental properties in England and Wales (with EPC ratings below E).
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Investors are looking for sectors that are capable of outperforming property benchmarks
Thursday, 31 August 2023The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in July 2023 is 86,510, 16% lower than June 2022 and 1% higher than June 2023
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The seven-year squeeze – national workforce grows seven times faster than commercial floorspace since 2016
Thursday, 24 August 2023The size of the workforce across England and Wales has grown seven times faster than the total volume of commercial floorspace since 2016, according to a new study by commercial property data provider, Search Acumen.
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The increase is positive, but comes from a low base indicative of stagnating UK economy
Friday, 28 July 2023Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for June 2023.
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The industry needs a sharp end to sticky inflation
Monday, 3 July 2023Search Acumen search (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for May 2023.
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Office space shrinks by 1.5 million square metres in just one year
Friday, 9 June 2023Leading property data provider, Search Acumen, has found 1.47 million square metres of office floorspace have been lost over the last year across England and Wales, equating to 1,200 Olympic sized swimming pools of space which is no longer in use.
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Market still finding its feet with course correction
Wednesday, 31 May 2023Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for April 2023.
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