Property evidence briefing

A fuller picture of
UK property evidence.

This edition brings more records onto the map using verified approximate locations. It starts a new baseline for future comparisons.

01 · retained history37.17m

dated market states

+3,359,673 since the comparison release.

02 · current coverage366,782

records on the public map

A new baseline, not a measure of market growth.

03 · national coverage361

local authority profiles

Comparisons resume from this corrected baseline.

04 · series maturity1 / 6

releases before trend monitoring

This edition starts a new baseline. Earlier editions remain available, but their record counts are not directly comparable.

Series maturity

A new comparison baseline.

This edition includes verified approximate advert locations and postcode centres. Counts are not directly comparable with earlier editions.

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ComparisonTrend-monitoring threshold

This edition starts a new baseline. Earlier editions remain available, but their record counts are not directly comparable.

Regional quality ledger

Coverage before
comparison.

Current records and collection coverage are shown for each region. Changes from earlier maps are not compared because the input method has changed.

RegionAuthoritiesCurrent recordsMean completion
East Midlands3516,78394.1%
East of England4526,09296.7%
London3356,94888%
North East1210,406100%
North West3530,81797.6%
Northern Ireland118,941100%
Scotland3237,15599.9%
South East6442,82399.6%
South West2763,71498.7%
Wales2230,81299.6%
West Midlands3018,22299.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber1524,06997.8%

UK area lens

Local context,
kept separate.

One authority from each UK nation shows how official rent and price evidence sits beside the observation layer. Measures remain unavailable where comparable local evidence is missing.

CornwallEngland · New baseline
£1,004

average monthly rent (July 2026) · 3.3% annual growth

Sale price (June 2026)
£277,801
Gross yield proxy (June 2026)
4.3%
Observation completion
96%
Open area profile
HighlandScotland · New baseline
Not available

average monthly rent · growth unavailable

Sale price (June 2026)
£221,000
Gross yield proxy (June 2026)
Not available
Observation completion
99%
Open area profile
GwyneddWales · New baseline
£722

average monthly rent (July 2026) · 7.3% annual growth

Sale price (June 2026)
£206,665
Gross yield proxy (June 2026)
4.2%
Observation completion
100%
Open area profile
Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland · New baseline
Not available

average monthly rent · growth unavailable

Sale price (June 2026)
£218,871
Gross yield proxy (June 2026)
Not available
Observation completion
100%
Open area profile

Figures above belong to this edition. Area profiles show the latest available evidence. Yield is an area proxy, not a return for an individual property.

Interpretation boundary

What this edition
cannot prove.

  1. 01

    This edition includes verified approximate advert locations and postcode centres. Counts are not directly comparable with earlier editions.

  2. 02

    The 18 August 2026 area layer predates the immutable national manifest series. It remains available as historical evidence but is not counted as an approved national release.

  3. 03

    Current record representations are not counts of unique homes, bookings, tenancies or complete local market inventory.

  4. 04

    Local movement can reflect collection, geolocation and identity evidence as well as changes in the current market cross-section.

  5. 05

    Long-let rent, growth, sale-price and yield measures use their separately stated official evidence periods and are not inferred from the observation layer.

Files and citation

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The briefing is a view over versioned releases. Its supporting JSON remains available after the latest alias moves on.

Suggested citation

Upgraded Intelligence (2026), UK Property Evidence Briefing: 9 September 2026, UI-BRF-2026-09-09.