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Property research guides

Documentation for the decisions the tool cannot make: choosing evidence, understanding source limits and knowing when professional review is required.

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How to choose comparable property sales

A practical sequence for turning an exact-postcode transaction list into a small, explainable evidence set.

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How to read HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

What a registered price-paid record establishes, what it omits and why recent months can be incomplete.

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What a postcode planning-constraint screen can and cannot tell you

How to use mapped designations as an investigation prompt without mistaking a centroid result for a property search.

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Keep property evidence separate from financial assumptions

A reviewable way to combine public records, quotes and personal finance inputs without blurring their reliability.

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Build a local comparable pool without confusing distance with similarity

How to widen a sparse postcode search, preserve distance labels and remove nearby transactions that do not answer the subject-property question.

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Use repeat-sale records as a question, not a growth calculation

A practical way to interpret more than one registered transaction at the same address while avoiding false return and renovation claims.

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Build a leasehold evidence file before relying on a flat comparison

The documents and questions that should sit beside leasehold sale prices, from unexpired term to major works and building management.

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Prepare a property research file for a surveyor, solicitor or broker

How to turn scattered links and assumptions into a concise handoff that makes unanswered questions easier to act on.

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