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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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Search Acumen reacts to March property transaction surge
Thursday, 1 May 2025Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for March 2025
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Debunking five common myths about AI for the sceptical and scared
Friday, 11 April 2025The direction of travel is clear, especially for those of us in the legal sector, where adoption has been rapid: AI is now a fact of modern working life.
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Commercial Real Estate sector set to miss major decarbonisation target by a decade
Tuesday, 8 April 2025Research by commercial real estate data and technology company, Search Acumen, suggests that it will take until at least 2040 for all rented commercial properties to meet the 2030 MEES standards
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Search Acumen comments on HMRC property transactions in February following the Spring Statement
Monday, 31 March 2025Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for February 2025.
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HMRC transaction data for December points to strong spring market in 2025
Thursday, 6 February 2025Search Acumen (property data insight and technology provider) comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for December 2024
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1 in 10 of UK’s Top 200 law firms using AI to improve accuracy and insight into CON29 searches
Wednesday, 29 January 2025Search Acumen reports that its proprietary AI tool, Real Estate Intelligence (REI), has been used to analyse local authority search data by 20 of the UK’s top 200 commercial real estate law firms
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Pickup in buyer activity at the end of the year opens possibility for strong start to 2025
Wednesday, 15 January 2025The seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in November 2024 is 92,640, 13% higher than November 2023 and 8% lower than October 2024
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A tipping point year for legal AI will start to challenge traditional legal business models in 2025
Tuesday, 7 January 2025As 2024 comes to a close, legal technology business, Search Acumen, outlines its predictions for 2025.
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Client account interest is not spare change
The proposed Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts scheme is being framed as a sensible, international, “tried and tested” way for the profession to help fund a justice system under strain.
The formula for finance-enabled business development
Client concentration or over-dependence now counts as a top strategic risk for 26% of firms. Cross-selling is an antidote – a way to bolster revenue resilience without relying on client acquisition.
Whistleblowing guidance for in-house lawyers – a call to arms
In-house lawyers are in a unique position to spot wrongdoing. But reporting it is not just potentially dangerous from a personal point of view.
