Notes on the UK property market
Guides and data-led insight on buying, selling and searching for homes — sold prices, valuations, commutes, schools and more.
Pricing Your Home the Data Way: Comparables, £ per Square Metre, and the Cost of Getting It Wrong
How to set an asking price from sold comparables and price per square metre, why anchoring to hope backfires, and what overpricing then reducing really costs you.
How rielty's AI uses property data (and why it never makes things up)
The datasets behind rielty's AI search: 15.8M sold records, schools, flood, noise, crime and rail timetables — and the rules that stop it inventing answers.
Choosing an Estate Agent: The Questions That Actually Reveal Performance
Every agent sounds impressive in your living room. These questions — time on market, asking-to-sold ratio, fall-through handling, fees — separate the record from the pitch.
When to Sell a House: How Seasonality Really Works in the UK Market
Spring surge, summer lull, autumn window, December quiet. Here's when the seasonal rhythm actually matters for your sale — and when local supply matters more.
How Much Is My House Worth? What the Instant Estimate Can't See
Instant valuations are a starting point, not an answer. Here's what the algorithm can't see about your home, and how to sanity-check the number with real sold prices.
Voice mode: talk to rielty about your next home
Tap the mic in rielty's chat and describe the home you want out loud. How voice search works, why it never reads listings at you, and where it stops.
The first-time buyer timeline: from offer accepted to keys in hand
A realistic step-by-step of what happens after your offer is accepted: who does what, how long each stage takes, and where purchases stall.
New build vs period home: the honest trade-offs
Warranties, energy bills and snagging versus space, character and maintenance. What each choice really costs, and why new builds carry a premium.
Leasehold vs freehold: what buyers actually need to know
Tenure explained in plain English: ground rent, service charges, lease length and mortgages, plus where leasehold reform is heading for buyers.
Chat mode: house hunting as a conversation
Flip the search/chat toggle and house hunting becomes a conversation — one that remembers your budget from turn one, answers area price questions, and never makes a listing up.
Search mode: type what you want to live like
What one typed sentence can actually express in rielty — budgets, commutes, schools, quiet streets — plus the chip row, the refine box, and its honest 'couldn't use' list.
rielty's AI search, explained: one box, three ways to find a home
One search box, three ways to use it. How rielty turns a plain English sentence about the life you want into a real property search — and where its limits are.