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Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for July 2025
Friday, 29 August 2025The seasonally adjusted estimate of UK non-residential (commercial) transactions in July shows a 1% annual increasecompared to July 2024, and a 1% monthly decrease from June.
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Affordable Housing Gap: need outpacing housing delivery 12 to 1
Thursday, 14 August 2025The gap between the rate of social and affordable housing change versus non-working population change is the largest since 2019, widening 173% in a year
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“The sun might be scorching lawns, but the property market is only starting to warm up.”
Thursday, 31 July 2025Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for June 2025.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC property transactions in May
Friday, 27 June 2025Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at Search Acumen, comments on May’s HMRC property transactions data, published today.
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Search Acumen reacts to the Industrial Strategy
Monday, 23 June 2025In response to the Industrial Strategy, Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at Search Acumen, comments…
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Property transactions remain sluggish, but real estate lawyers pick up the pace, with average caseloads 21% higher than a decade ago
Thursday, 19 June 2025The data indicates that market consolidation is creating a strain on the average caseloads for law firms.
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Search Acumen respond to spending review
Wednesday, 11 June 2025In response to the Spending Review, and the decision to invest £2 billion in AI, Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at Search Acumen, comments.
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The changing role of professional support lawyers in the age of AI
Tuesday, 3 June 2025My role as a PSL has evolved significantly over the last 20 years and continues to develop alongside the astounding technological progress we have seen this decade.
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC property transactions in April
Friday, 30 May 2025The long Easter break marked an end to the Stamp Duty holiday and the surge in transactional activity that kicked off the year.
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Lawyers gain over 3,000 hours in productivity in just six months with document reading tool
Thursday, 8 May 2025Search Acumen, a pioneer in UK legal technology, has reported its unique local authority document reading tool, Real Estate Intelligence (REI), has digitally read and analysed more than 74,000 individual pages of local authority search documents.
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Amplifying reach through employee-driven thought leadership
Nine in 10 executives believe thought leadership is critical to building authority, yet only a quarter feel they have implemented a robust strategy.
Divorce escrow: asset sales before final settlement
When significant matrimonial assets are sold before a final financial order is agreed, holding the proceeds safely and neutrally can present real practical challenges.
AML lacks clarity – and standards are suffering
If firms are buckling under the pressure of AML regulations, subject to ever-increasing fines, then something is clearly not working as it should be.
