This didn’t start with a business plan, a whiteboard, or an 87-slide deck. It started in the office mid-chat when someone said:

“Wouldn’t it be great if there was a site where you could punch in a postcode and instantly see sales history, market trends, arrears, repossessions… and just make our jobs easier with real data?”

My response: “Hold my beer.”

Then reality kicked in: the office tools are not exactly built to juggle 80-million-plus records.  Well, not the ones they let me have. So I did what any sensible person would do, turned it into a personal side project and built it anyway.

A week (okay, ten days) later, PropertyResearch.uk is live.

What it covers (for now)

England & Wales.

Scottish data? Let’s just say it’s guarded like the Crown Jewels. Unless you fancy £900/month for a slow drip from Holyrood, you’ll need to give me a minute while I find a solution for Scotland.  I’m on it.

What it does

• Type a postcode → see up to 30 years of sales history.
  
• Click a property → get specific details and useful context.
• Curious about repossessions? → dedicated page using court data.
  
• Local trends & signals → the kind that actually help decisions, not just pretty charts.  Ok, it has pretty charts.

It’s simple, fast, and, dare I say, quite nice to use.

If you work in property, lending, or you’re just nosey about an area (no judgement), this should save you time and guesswork.

👉 Have a look: PropertyResearch.uk