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16 December 2023
From: Features
![Conveyancing shortage remains despite property sales slowdown - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Property market activity has slowed but conveyancers are still dealing with backlogs which has taken their average caseload to the second...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing software firm unveils new AI partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_638342005.jpg)
Search Acumen has announced a new partnership that aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in conveyancing Property data, insight...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Search Acumen integrates ChatGPT to reduce conveyancing workload](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
Search Acumen has begun beta-testing of ChatGPT within its data platform for conveyancers, which it hopes will reduce working times and...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers struggle to keep up as sales hit five-year high](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Property transaction volumes hit their highest level for five years during the third quarter of 2022, conveyancers claim. It comes amid a...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Annual and monthly house price growth slowed in August - Land Registry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property sector calls for targeted stamp duty cuts](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Down valuations may start hitting conveyancer caseloads -warning](/upload/images/library/ConveyancingImage-400x310.jpg)
Conveyancing caseloads remain 34% up on pre-pandemic levels and could become more complex as the market tightens, Search Acumen warns. The conveyancing...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Going digital! Over 100k sales complete with digitised Land Registry data](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Booming sales market creates busiest ever financial year for conveyancers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Boards-Row-400x310.jpg)
Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing tech firm pledges dramatic time savings on transactions](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-4-400x310.jpg)
The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing Crunch Time as stamp duty pressure boils over](/img/default/eat.png)
New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing work output surges despite ‘creaking processes’](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancer attacks “outdated” and “age old processes”](/img/default/eat.png)
The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Reapit takes another step towards end-to-end digital home buying](/img/default/eat.png)
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,...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Transaction time slashed to 11 days by digital conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers report big drop in transactions as Brexit hits home](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a significant drop in the number of housing transactions dealt with by conveyancers in the first nine months of...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancer consolidation means 200 firms control 39% of house moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Data unbound – how the rise of public data will redefine property](/img/default/eat.png)
The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...
09 March 2019
From: Features
![Conveyancing crisis as number of firms hit eight-year low](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of active conveyancing firms handling property transactions in England and Wales has fallen to an eight year low. A market...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: could these innovations change the market forever?](/img/default/eat.png)
How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features
![‘Big bang, warp-speed change’ for conveyancers, claims PropTech firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancers’ use of data and technology to speed through sales is on the cusp of a ‘big bang’ moment according to...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers counter claim of a stagnant housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite numerous reports of a 'stagnant market' and predictions of a 'housing bust', conveyancers have 'bounced back after a disappointing end...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![The government must recognise its interference is now affecting the market](/img/default/eat.png)
In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...
24 February 2018
From: Features
![Struggling housing market blamed for falling conveyancing workload](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![England's new homes shortfall 'will exceed one million by 2022' - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing market falters as caseload drops to four-year low](/img/default/eat.png)
Activity in the conveyancing market dropped significantly during the second quarter of the year, according to Search Acumen. The search provider found...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Call for evidence: why technology needs to underpin house buying](/img/default/eat.png)
Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features
![Conveyancing transactions break pre-MMR record](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancing transactions hit a post-recession high during the first quarter of 2016, according to new figures. Search provider Search Acumen's analysis of...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Possible Land Registry sell-off prompts concern over searches](/img/default/eat.png)
The possibility of the Land Registry being amongst £4.6 billion of public assets earmarked for privatisation has provoked protests across the...
27 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Record conveyancing in second quarter claims search firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancing activity broke records between April and June 2015, according to analysis of Land Registry data by search provider Search Acumen. Total...