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The property market has been operating at breakneck speed over the past few months as a combination of Covid-19 dynamics and Stamp Duty holiday incentives have created the perfect storm. For Scott Gair, Partner at

Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has added electronic client onboarding solution (eCOS) to its suite of digital conveyancing tools, equipping legal firms with a fast, digital process to communicate with their

Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has launched a new tool that provides real-time property data to lawyers via interactive reports, empowering them to advise clients earlier and progress transactions more efficiently

Construction output fell 2.0% in April 2021 following a particularly strong increase in March (5.8%), and output now stands slightly above its pre-pandemic February 2020 level1 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “Despite the

Construction industry proving to be boon for UK economy

Private and public new housing output jumps 9.4% and 16.7% respectively over the last month1 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest set of data underlines that the construction sector is proving to

Stamp Duty holiday triggers 22% rise in monthly property transactions

– equivalent to over 171,000 extra sales Pandemic response more effective at stimulating demand than post-financial crisis Stamp Duty holiday in 2008/09, when transactions fell 27% 171,303 extra transactions occur since the introduction of the

Prime and super-prime segment of the property market driving bulk of activity

Number of quarterly residential property transactions worth £1m or more liable for SDLT reaches record level of 8,300 in Q1 20211 Number of quarterly residential property transactions worth £1m or more liable for SDLT climbs

Construction continues to contribute to UK economic recovery

Private and public new housing work up 0.3% and 13.5% over the last month respectively1 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest data shows construction continues to cement itself as one of the

Housing market still receptive to stimulus measures

• House prices jump 1.1% over the last month to reach record high1 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest data shows that the housing market is still receptive to government stimulus measures.

Demand softens as buyers put transactions on ice

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest data shows activity in the property market started to level off ahead of the end of the initial Stamp Duty holiday. “The slide in property prices

Further digitisation of property data in Stockport will cut search times

Property professionals can now access new data on highway extent and tree preservation orders in Stockport Further digitisation of search data will cut search times from 20 days to one Number of residential property transactions

Search Acumen signs up to blockchain network Coadjute

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that aims to halve the time it takes to move home, announced the move by leading conveyancing software firm Osprey Approach, property data provider company Search

Competitive pressures drive industry consolidation as active firms fall from 4,836 to 3,808 Average number of transactions per firm plummets 43% during first lockdown However, average firm sees caseload grow by 63% over the last

Stamp Duty holiday fuels recovery in construction activity

Volume of new private housing output jumps 2.7% over most recent three months compared to previous three months1 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest data reveals the impact the anticipated earlier end

Stamp Duty drawbacks: Search Acumen comments on Budget

Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on the drawbacks of the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, extending the Stamp Duty holiday until June in the Budget: “Today’s stamp duty extension is not just welcome news for

Conveyancing volumes rise 27% in one month, with 73,142 transactions occurring in December 2020, up from 57,632 in November 2020 Numbers of active conveyancing firms continues to recover from the troughs of first lockdown –

Consumers face high price premium when purchasing new builds

Price gap between new builds and existing properties in the UK reaches £64,6241 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest data illustrates the level of the price premium consumers often have to swallow

Multiple rows and blocks of new-build housing seen from above

• New private housing output up 6.7% over the last quarter1 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “These latest figures show the construction industry is one of the most resilient sectors of the UK

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