Tokenization: What the hell is a token?

I wrote about data harvesting and cleaning in my last article in this series. Now that AI has clean data, it's time to turn billions of pages of data into tokens!

Collecting Data for AI

If you're trying to understand AI as we know it today, it all starts with data or data harvesting as it's more commonly known. Let's talk about that for a minute or ten.

Why understanding how Gen AI works matters

Gen AI, how does it work? Love it or hate it, Generative AI is here to stay, but where does it get its information, and how does it use it to appear so intelligent and provide the answers it does? Lets' go through it.

New Service - BlogShed.uk - Create a Free Blog!

I keep hearing that content creation is too difficult on the internet these days, especially with AI here, so what's the point? Well, let me make it easier with BlogShed.

Is Labour Really "Seizing" Empty Homes? The Facts Behind the Headlines

Labour plans to let councils take over empty homes after six months, not two years, via Empty Dwelling Management Orders. Ownership stays with the owner. Here's what the EDMO changes mean for landlords and homeowners.

Cowboy Builders: Will Andy Burnham’s New Plan Actually Stop Them?

Andy Burnham has backed a new scheme designed to protect homeowners from cowboy builders, including approved traders, protected payments and staged release of money as work is completed. It sounds promising, but with participation voluntary, will it really stop rogue builders?

Land Registry Has Finally Added UPRNs to Property Sales — But There's One Big Problem

HM Land Registry has added UPRNs to Price Paid Data, making property-level data matching far easier. But with no historical backfill planned, millions of property transactions remain without identifiers.

Change

New change log page added to remove updates and changes out of the blog.

Property Research App on iPhone is now live

It took a couple of weeks, but the new Property Research App is now live and available to download in the App Store

New Monthly Property snapshot Page

A new page has been added that gives you cleaner insights to what is happening at the land registry each month for the current year.

New Schools Data Page

Local school data is included as part of property searches; it is now available as a standalone dashboard.

PropertyResearch.uk is coming to iPhone

PropertyResearch.uk is coming to iPhone. Explore the new Legal & Support Hub covering app privacy, official data sources, licensing, terms, disclaimers and support.

APP

An App for Property Research

I mean, when I get bored, my mind wanders, and I start thinking too much; the result? Build an app for Property Research!

Council

Council Tax Estimates added to Property searches

Council tax estimates have been added to the property search pages to add additional, relevant data to the page.

Schools

Ofsted School Data

Ofsted School data is added to the property page when searching for individual properties. This allows you to see the closest schools to the property being viewed.

Street

Introducing Street Search: Explore Property Data for Your Street

Discover Street Search on PropertyResearch.uk. Explore property sales history, house prices, market trends, crime statistics and local area information for individual streets across England and Wales using official Land Registry and government data.

Property

UK House Prices Have Started Falling – But Is The Housing Market Really In Trouble?

UK house prices have started to fall, but is the housing market really in trouble? Explore the latest HPI data, regional trends and what happens next.

Land

Land Registry data updated April 2026

The latest Land Registry update for April 2026 is now live. Apologies for the delay and the site collapsing after the update!

Stress

Property Stress Indicators Dashboard Updated

The Property Stress Indicators Dashboard has been updated to make it more accurate after each update due to the changes being made to various data files.

Rates

Why Mortgage Rates Change Even When the Bank of England Doesn’t

Learn why mortgage rates change even when the Bank of England doesn’t. Explore UK swap rates, market expectations and fixed-rate pricing.

EPC

EPC Updates for England & Wales

EPC updates were available today, then I realised they have changed the service and the data, so some good, some not so good updates today

Marathon

My first Marathon

Nope, not property, mortgage or data related but it does explain why I have not been doing much on the site.

calculator

Mortgage Calculator Updated - Overpayments

The mortgage calculator now allows you to add an annual overpayment amount to show how much could be saved over the term and how the term is reduced.

Updates

Land Registy updated and others

A few updates to the data on the site today. Updates have been slow in coming through from the various agencies during this period.