Property research desk

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.

Cowboy Builders: Will Andy Burnham’s New Plan Actually Stop Them?

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August 28, 2026

Cowboy Builders: Will Andy Burnham’s New Plan Actually Stop Them?

Andy Burnham has backed a new scheme designed to protect homeowners from cowboy builders, including approved traders, protected payments and staged release of money as work is completed. It sounds promising, but with participation voluntary, will it really stop rogue builders?

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Land Registry Has Finally Added UPRNs to Property Sales — But There's One Big Problem

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August 28, 2026

Land Registry Has Finally Added UPRNs to Property Sales — But There's One Big Problem

HM Land Registry has added UPRNs to Price Paid Data, making property-level data matching far easier. But with no historical backfill planned, millions of property transactions remain without identifiers.

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