The Best Sources of Free (& Paid) Property Data

The Land Registry is the main free source of UK property data. It publishes price paid data, transaction data and the UK house price index. Targeted Google searches and our own location guides are free too.

For paid data, the Property Data website has location-level data for landlords and companies, and Realyse is aimed at larger developers. Our guides also cover the rental market in the UK, and the Land Registry's price index is long enough to compare today's prices with past peaks of the 18-year property cycle.

Article updated: July 2026

Free UK Property Datasets

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To help simplify your search for property data, we have created over 150+ location articles, one for each of the major cities and towns in the UK. These include datasets for rental yields, house price growth, buyer demand and more.

We have also analysed many data sets to help further understand whats driving local and national markets outside of house prices, like mortgage repossession statistics, the UK rental market and even population statistics like the population of Manchester.

You can also put your knowledge to the test in our daily UK property data game, which uses the same clearly dated market measures to compare locations.

Here are a few of the guides below, and a link to all of our location guides here.

1. Buy to let in London
2. Buy to let in Manchester
3. Buy to let in Birmingham
4. Buy to let in Nottingham
5. Buy to let in Leeds
6. Buy to let in Sheffield
7. Buy to let in Bournemouth
8. Buy to let in Chester
9. Buy to let in Bristol
10. Buy to let in Cheltenham

Google

You can find property data for your own area free through Google's search and its other free services. Finding information is the job Google sets itself. In its own words, its mission is

to organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful

Whilst doing a simple Google search for the piece of data you want is useful, there are some tricks you can use to find specific information. These include:

• Using quotes to search for an exact phrase.
• Using an asterisk within quotes to specify unknown or variable words.
• Using the minus sign to eliminate results containing certain words.
• Searching for datasets that are by country, region, city, postcode sector or postcode district.

The Land Registry

The Land Registry publishes government data as part of a commitment to the Government's priorities of economic growth and data transparency.

They have three core datasets available:

1. Price paid data
2. Transaction data
3. UK house price index

For those that aren't aware, the Land Registry safeguards land and property ownership (valued at £7 trillion), enabling over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property over England and Wales.

So, it's the 'crème de la crème' of property market data and it is the original source of datasets that all other companies get their insights from.

You can see Price Paid Data applied in our Leeds street-price analysis, Sheffield high-value street ranking, Liverpool sold-price study, ranking of high-value streets in Bristol and Newcastle street-sale analysis.

However it can be a difficult data-set to crunch and understand as it is often presented as raw data or graphs, but no actual insights.

Paid UK Property Datasets

Property Data

Property Data (propertydata.co.uk) is a paid website. It holds much of the data you could need for a town or postcode.

Depending on what you need and how much data you need, you can join as a landlord or a company.

Datsets include

• National datasets
• Local datasets
• Plot level data
• Sourcing tools

Realyse

Realyse is an interesting platform, as it is aimed at larger developers and enterprises, both in terms of its price point and its data offering.

Realyse also has extra features, including the option to ask questions about the data using AI.

The Best Free Property Datasets Conclusion

The best property dataset for you comes down to what you need the data for and which sites you prefer, because you can usually get the information you need from several different sources. House builders and development companies have different requirements from straightforward buy-to-let investors.

If you want something simpler than a full dataset, our guide to the best property tools covers free Chrome browser extensions and apps for property analysis.

The numbers may not always match. Two sources can produce different figures even when they cover the same issue with the same parameters. The UK property market is vast and every area has its nuances. Each data company gathers the detail for each area and works out its figures in its own way. Our guide to due diligence on a property sets several checks side by side, from sold prices nearby to similar homes for sale and what local agents say.

The sites and sources mentioned above are ones that we have personally used at different stages throughout our own property journey.

The same datasets can help buyers compare investment property opportunities, screen current buy to let property for sale and test whether advertised below market value properties are genuinely discounted against local evidence.

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