Some notes on housing-market research, methodology updates, and source notes, built to show how the signals are interpreted and where the numbers come from. Best case, you find it interesting, worst, you killed some time whilst the kettle boils.
May 3, 2026
A few updates to the data on the site today. Updates have been slow in coming through from the various agencies during this period.
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March 14, 2026
PropertyResearch now uses rolling 12-month data instead of calendar years across dashboards and prime London pages. This change provides more up-to-date insights and introduces a new headline market summary panel.
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March 11, 2026
Explaining the new Market Insights feature that scans over 30 million HM Land Registry transactions to identify unusual property market signals across UK postcode sectors, including price spikes, demand collapses, liquidity shifts and emerging hotspots.
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February 15, 2026
I have finished all the changes I wanted to with regard to the switch from MySQL to PostgreSQL, as well as changing the server and location. This has made a significant difference to performance, which I hope all visitors will feel.
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February 4, 2026
With hindsight, expecting this site to be as popular as it is, I would probably not have built it with MySQL, but I did, before it gets any bigger, a change is needed.
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January 24, 2026
It seems longer since August 2025, when I started this site. I have done some updates and answered many questions, but they keep coming, so here are some more updates.
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