September 2, 2025
Site Update
Some updates on my progress with this site, along with some Q&A. The site traffic has taken off in a very short time, and I have received a lot of emails over the last couple of weeks.
Read articleSome 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.
September 2, 2025
Some updates on my progress with this site, along with some Q&A. The site traffic has taken off in a very short time, and I have received a lot of emails over the last couple of weeks.
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September 2, 2025
Generative AI explained simply: how it works, everyday uses, benefits, and risks. A beginner’s guide to the tech behind tools like ChatGPT.
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September 1, 2025
The source postcodes I am using for Outer Prime London. There is debate on these, but they are generally accepted as being correct amongst most.
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September 1, 2025
House Price Index (HPI) data is provided by gov.uk as a single file, not small but not large by any means. The data is available monthly and dates back to 1968.
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August 31, 2025
Mortgage Approval data used on this site is provided by the Bank of England. It is not available in a single source and has to be built from codes.
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August 30, 2025
EPC reports contain a wealth of useful data that can be utilised in conjunction with Land Registry sales or as a standalone dataset. It's big, though! But, it provides additional detail the Land Registry does not.
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