Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “We have been calling on the government to consider all factors prohibiting homeownership in the UK, so the chancellor’s wide-ranging pledges are welcomed. “Housing planning reform is a

Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on October’s HMRC Property Transactions: “Sluggish and slow have been the recent words of choice to describe the UK’s housing market, yet October’s figures depict the contrary. Last

Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – Q3 2017 edition UK conveyancing market recovers from significant drop in activity seen in Q2 2017 as the average firm enjoys highest caseload since Q3 2016 Challenger firms have

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest ONS House Price Index, September 2017: “As another month passes it’s a case of déjà vu for all those watching the housing market. Prices continue

Andy Somerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: The cost of homeownership has departed the realm of reality for millions with the number of transactions in the £500,000 to £2million price bands doubling over the past

Andy Somerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “Without urgent action home ownership will remain nothing more than a Christmas wish for many aspiring homeowners. “There is clearly still plenty of confidence in the housing market

Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, highlights the UK’s housing shortfall and his view on Conservative pledges to alleviate this: “Our country needs to embark on the greatest housing boom the UK has witnessed in

After more than a decade of sluggish output in the housebuilding sector, England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population Since 2005, England has experienced a

UK conveyancing market activity dips in Q2 2017, as average monthly case load per firm drops by 13% compared to Q1 2017 Search Acumen’s analysis of Land Registry data reveals the number of conveyancing firms

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest ONS House Price Index for June 2017.

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest RICS Residential Market Survey for July 2017:

Industry average of completed transactions per conveyancer rises by 69% in four years, up from 71 transactions in 2012 to 120 in 2016 Conveyancers’ efficiency has soared spending a day and half less per case

Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on HMRC Property Transactions May 2017:

Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on HMRC Property Transactions April 2017:

UK conveyancing market remained flat in Q1 2017 in-line with the rest of the property sector as SDLT reform and Brexit uncertainty shaped the past twelve months January and March kept conveyancing market afloat as

Search Acumen’s Andy Somerville comments on the March 2017 ONS UK House Price Index:

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