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Intelligent searching

27 July 2012 / Richard Hinton
Issue: 7524 / Categories: Features , Property , Housing
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Richard Hinton explains the buzz around SearchFlow’s new website

In business, timing is everything and this is never more important than with the conveyancing process. With so many different parties involved, ensuring the legal procedures are as efficient as possible is crucial in making sure the completion progresses as expected. For conveyancing professionals the ability to source and order property searches quickly is paramount. Electronic property search provider SearchFlow used all of its 25 years’ experience in conveyancing searches when it made the latest enhancements to its business-to-business website.

Deep understanding

In the development phase SearchFlow paid close attention to the way conveyancers work and the end product is the result of its deep understanding of the search ordering process. The state-of-the-art interface has been designed with usability as its guiding principle, and this common-sense approach has resulted in a site which has managed to streamline the search process into three simple steps: Locate Property; Add Searches; and Confirm.
The new website at www.searchflow.co.uk takes SearchFlow’s offering to a new level of operational

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