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The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

Property market activity has slowed but conveyancers are still dealing with backlogs which has taken their average caseload to the second...

Search Acumen has announced a new partnership that aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in conveyancing Property data, insight...

Search Acumen has begun beta-testing of ChatGPT within its data platform for conveyancers, which it hopes will reduce working times and...

Property transaction volumes hit their highest level for five years during the third quarter of 2022, conveyancers claim. It comes amid a...

House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Conveyancing caseloads remain 34% up on pre-pandemic levels and could become more complex as the market tightens, Search Acumen warns. The conveyancing...

More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...

Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

Reapit has joined a consortium attempting to make the long-anticipated end-to-end digital home buying process a reality. It’s joined the IPN Consortium,...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of housing transactions dealt with by conveyancers in the first nine months of...

Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

The number of active conveyancing firms handling property transactions in England and Wales has fallen to an eight year low.  A market...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Conveyancers’ use of data and technology to speed through sales is on the cusp of a ‘big bang’ moment according to...

Despite numerous reports of a 'stagnant market' and predictions of a 'housing bust', conveyancers have 'bounced back after a disappointing end...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...

Activity in the conveyancing market dropped significantly during the second quarter of the year, according to Search Acumen. The search provider found...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

Conveyancing transactions hit a post-recession high during the first quarter of 2016, according to new figures. Search provider Search Acumen's analysis of...

The possibility of the Land Registry being amongst £4.6 billion of public assets earmarked for privatisation has provoked protests across the...

Conveyancing activity broke records between April and June 2015, according to analysis of Land Registry data by search provider Search Acumen.  Total...

The number of conveyancing transactions fell 16% between the final quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. Search Acumen’s Conveyancing...