Search Acumen Joins Global Legal Blockchain Consortium
Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, is delighted to join the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium (GLBC), a body formed of 125 large companies, law firms, software companies, and universities from around the world that have united together to develop standards to govern the use of Blockchain technology in the business of law. […]
Search Acumen: Legal Proptech Will Hit Warp Speed Within Five Years
Technology and data provider marks half a decade of growth by predicting the demise of “digital dabblers” as property law firms and their clients become “data-dependent” Proptech firm celebrates five years of industry firsts – including data integrations, HM Land Registry partnerships and becoming a founding member of the UK PropTech Association Artificial intelligence and […]
Search Acumen comments on HMRC Number of Property Transactions, July 2018
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “This month’s data adds to the growing pile of indicators which show that contrary to the weather, the UK housing market is experiencing a clear cooling process this summer. Growth in the number of transactions hasn’t just hit a wall; it has started to move backwards, with July’s […]
Search Acumen comments on ONS House Price Index June 2018
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “The UK property market takes its lead from London and the South East. While parts of the UK continue to enjoy healthy levels of house price growth, the dips being witnessed in London will no doubt be casting a sense of unease among investors in the market. […]
Search Acumen comments on ONS House Price Index May 2018
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “Today’s figures show that the slowing UK housing market has now effectively hit a brick wall. “For some, this is welcome relief. Particularly in the capital, stalled house prices mean first-time buyers finally have a better chance of catching up. With the exception of the top end London […]
Search Acumen comments on the launch of the central, digital Local Land Charges register
Search Acumen is excited to get down to work and begin to utilise HM Land Registry’s (HMLR) newly opened, central digital Local Land Charges (LLC) register. It is early days, but we think the ability to immediately execute LLC searches will completely transform UK property transactions. According to HMLR, decentralised LLC searches ranged from a […]
Industry first as Search Acumen launches real-time planning data for property lawyers and their clients
Commercial Real Estate platform – ForeSite, now displays approved, pending, denied and withdrawn planning applications to assist legal firms acting on property transactions Feature shows current and historic applications dating back to 2008 to highlight potential planning risks within a user-defined radius Multi-purpose data can also help property lawyers and their clients assess patterns of […]
Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director of Search Acumen, comments on his Directorship of the UK Proptech Association
“As a founding member of the UK Proptech Association, I am excited to be taking a seat on the organisation’s Board of Directors alongside other digital pioneers in the sector and getting down to work to support our burgeoning sector.
Search Acumen upgrades real estate platform to fast track legal property transactions
· New data layers significantly enhance “fingertip, real-time property screening” for Real Estate Lawyers · Lawyers instantly visualise property risks and hazards · Improved streamline functionality and increased efficiency could reduce transaction administration time by weeks Search Acumen, the property data and technology provider, has upgraded its Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Platform to […]
Search Acumen comments on ONS Housing and Affordability in England and Wales 2017
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Search Acumen comments on property market reforms: no going back on the commitment to offer homebuyers more
Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director of Search Acumen, comments on yesterday’s announcement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and suggests that government must ride a “growing wave of proptech ambition, action and innovation”: “Sajid Javid’s objectives add up to far more than just a spring clean-up of the homebuying experience. The case for […]
Search Acumen comments on the migration of Local Land Charges data to a central, digital register
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Search Acumen comments on UK Prime Minister’s speech on tackling the housing crisis
Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at Search Acumen, comments: “For decades, the UK has failed to deliver enough homes to cater to the soaring demand from our growing population. Our own research has found that if the current trajectory continues, our new homes shortfall will reach more than one million by 2022.” “Fixing our chronic housing […]
Search Acumen launches Search Basket Optimisation to harness growing property datasets
Search Acumen, the property technology and data provider, has launched Search Basket Optimisation, a new platform addition designed to help legal professionals identify the most efficient combination of property data and reports to complete due diligence on property transactions.
Search Acumen comments on Q3 2017’s MHCLG Help-to-Buy Equity Loan Scheme Statistics to September 30th, 2017
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest Help-to-Buy Equity Loan Scheme Statistics: “The Help-to-Buy has tapered somewhat from the highs we witnessed in the middle of 2017, but underlying figures paint a more worrying picture. “The average purchase price for a first-time buyer property is up to record levels – up 12% […]
Search Acumen comments on ONS UK House Price Index, October 2017
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “Today’s house price statistics will bring little festive cheer to the UK’s first-time buyers. While growth in prices has slightly dampened during 2017, the market continues to push itself further out of reach for young market hopefuls who were wishing to put up a Christmas tree in their […]
Search Acumen comments on the 2017 Autumn Budget
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 much-needed shot in the arm for the sector. Unlocking strategic development sites, clamping down on land banking and making best […]
Search Acumen comments on the latest ONS House Price Index, September 2017
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 to rise, the hopes of first-time buyers fall and the housing crisis engulfing the UK rumbles on. “It is not […]
Search Acumen comments on today’s ONS Construction Output, September
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Search Acumen comments on today’s HMRC Quarterly Stamp Duty Statistics, Q3
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 ten years. Today’s figures highlight the double edged sword of the UK property sector. Market conditions are pushing up house […]