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.
October 9, 2025
The EPC data is now more detailed, and you can use it to search for any report.
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October 7, 2025
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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October 4, 2025
Pets in lets: tenants can request, landlords can’t unreasonably refuse. Pet insurance dropped; extra pet deposit still undecided; pet rent persists.
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October 2, 2025
UK mortgage approvals dipped in August 2025, with remortgaging weaker and high-value demand cooling as buyers await clarity from the November Budget.
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September 29, 2025
Zoopla produces its own house price index, many don't know that. Always useful to have a different view from the more standard indexes. Oh, its not great news!
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September 28, 2025
I have deployed several changes to the site today, nothing major, just a lot of tweaks.
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