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Pale imitation of the usual spring bounce
Friday, 28 April 2023The seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in March 2023 shows a 1% increase compared to February 2023 – non-seasonally adjusted this figure changes to a 26% increase compared to the previous month.
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Search Acumen and Avail partner to support lawyer productivity
Wednesday, 26 April 2023Real estate legal firms set to save a minimum of nearly 130 hours per month with combined offering from Search Acumen and Avail Title.
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New era of more expensive borrowing applies downward pressure
Wednesday, 19 April 2023The average UK house price was £288,000 in February 2023, which is £16,000 higher than 12 months ago, but £5,000 below the recent peak in November 2022.
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Over 19,000 commercial properties no longer fit for occupation after energy performance regulations tighten
Monday, 3 April 2023Data from property insight innovators, Search Acumen, has that found over 19,000 commercial properties may now be unfit for occupation following implementation of tighter energy performance regulations on 1 April.
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Search Acumen partners with Avail to accelerate adoption of AI in conveyancing
Monday, 27 March 2023Property data, insight and technology provider, Search Acumen, today announces a new partnership with Avail, a title document risk analysis platform for real estate lawyers, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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Course correction continues
Wednesday, 22 March 2023On a seasonally adjusted basis, the average UK house price decreased by 0.6% in January 2023, following a decrease of 0.4% in December 2022.
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Spring boom for commercial property could be in store
Tuesday, 21 March 2023Property data insight and technology provider, Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transactions data for February 2023…
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A budget that gives with one hand and takes with the other
Wednesday, 15 March 2023Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, the property data and insight provider, comments: “In the current climate, the Government’s ambition to transform the UK into a tech super-power is absolutely the right one
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Search Acumen integrates ChatGPT to take conveyancing into the 21st century
Wednesday, 8 March 2023Search Acumen, leading data provider for conveyancers, launches trial of ChatGPT integration into their existing AI portal to help fast-track the property transaction process
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The great conveyancing crunch: Property transactions double in a decade while conveyancing firms fall by 10%
Monday, 6 March 2023Whilst average house prices in England have risen by 77% since 2012, the latest data analysis from Search Acumen indicates a similar trajectory for annual property transaction volumes, almost doubling in a decade from 714,000, to over 1.3 million.
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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.
