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Property data use case

Housing Researchers & Analysts

Public records, housing, demographic, market, mortgage, and geographic data for research and policy analysis.

Data requirements

Housing-market research

Researchers and analysts need transparent, well-documented sources for housing, land, finance, demographics, and market studies. This segment prioritizes sources tagged for research and academic use.

Policy analysis

Researchers and analysts need transparent, well-documented sources for housing, land, finance, demographics, and market studies. This segment prioritizes sources tagged for research and academic use.

Economic and spatial analysis

Researchers and analysts need transparent, well-documented sources for housing, land, finance, demographics, and market studies. This segment prioritizes sources tagged for research and academic use.

Relevant data sources

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MSCI Real Assets (IPD)

The global standard for real estate investment performance measurement, providing the MSCI UK Property Index — the benchmark for institutional CRE and residential portfolio performance.

Smart Data Foundry — Economic Wellbeing Data

De-identified consumer banking data providing economic wellbeing indicators for Great Britain, updated weekly, for policymakers, researchers, and public sector organisations.

Hoowla — Conveyancing Search Provider Directory

Conveyancing software platform providing integrated property search ordering for solicitors and conveyancers across England and Wales.

Locarla — Social Housing Data

UK social housing data platform providing essential data on housing associations, local authority housing, and affordable housing for marketing, research, and business development.

UK Data Service — Academic Property & Housing Data

The UK's largest repository of social, economic, and population data, including housing surveys, census data, and longitudinal studies, free for registered researchers.

National Library of Scotland — Historic Maps API

Free open API providing seamless georeferenced historic map layers of Great Britain from the 1920s–1940s, ideal for property history research and heritage due diligence.

The Data City — UK PropTech Classification

Real-time industrial classification platform using machine learning to map the UK PropTech landscape, classifying companies into sub-sectors including data analytics, smart buildings, and construction tech.

RICS UK Residential Market Survey

The RICS UK Residential Market Survey is the leading monthly gauge of UK housing market sentiment, tracking buyer enquiries, agreed sales, price expectations, and stock levels from chartered surveyors nationwide.

RICS UK Commercial Property Monitor

The RICS UK Commercial Property Monitor is the authoritative quarterly survey of UK commercial property market conditions, tracking occupier demand, investor enquiries, and rental and capital value expectations.

Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Statistics

Official VOA statistics covering council tax banding and non-domestic rating data for England and Wales, published annually as open data.

Residential Analysts — UK Housing Market Research

UK housing market research and analysis firm providing data-led reports, regional analysis, and sector intelligence for property investors, developers, and policymakers.