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Market notes, data checks & field commentary

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.

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April 11, 2026

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Scottish House Prices

Scottish House Price data has been added to the site. There is limited open data available, but what I have does provide a reasonable level of insight into the Scottish Market.

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New Crime Data Added for England and Wales

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March 28, 2026

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New Crime Data Added for England and Wales

To provide a more detailed view of specific properties when searching I have added a new crime panel to provide insight into crime levels.

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Technical: Understanding Deprivation Data in the UK, and How It Connects to Postcodes, Maps, and Boundaries

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November 1, 2025

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Technical: Understanding Deprivation Data in the UK, and How It Connects to Postcodes, Maps, and Boundaries

Learn how UK deprivation data works, where it comes from, how it links to postcodes, and why Northern Ireland has no open postcode lookup.

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October 21, 2025

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Source: Understanding the Deprivation Index on This Site

Deprivation - Learn how the UK Deprivation Index works, how GSS codes and postcodes link datasets, and how deprivation is measured across England, Scotland, and Wales.

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October 7, 2025

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Source: New Build vs Existing Property Sales: Fresh UK Data Added

Explore UK data on new build vs existing property sales, showing annual volumes, price trends and regional patterns from HM Land Registry.

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September 13, 2025

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Source: EPC Certificates for Scotland

EPC certificates for Scotland are now live. Unlike most Scottish property data that hides behind a paywall, this dataset is freely available. That said, the data quality could do with a sense-check, some of the errors make you wonder if anyone’s checking the homework!

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Market notes, data checks & field commentary

Scottish House Prices

New Crime Data Added for England and Wales

Technical: Understanding Deprivation Data in the UK, and How It Connects to Postcodes, Maps, and Boundaries

Source: Understanding the Deprivation Index on This Site

Source: New Build vs Existing Property Sales: Fresh UK Data Added

Source: EPC Certificates for Scotland

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