Property intelligence, two ways.
Find the right property. Know what you're walking into.
Property Scout finds it → Postcode Brief investigates it.
Postcode Brief
Research before you view
Enter a postcode and optional asking price. The briefing draws on sold prices, crime, flood warnings, mining, heritage, schools, and more.
Example briefing
Property Scout
Find your next property
Set your search once. Property Scout keeps watching and surfaces listings that fit.
Example match
£875,000
Ormskirk, Lancashire
5 bedrooms · 3.2 acres · Detached
Why it matches
- ✓ Within 15 miles of Ormskirk
- ✓ At least 3 acres of land
- ✓ Under £1,000,000 asking price
Illustrative preview only
Research guides
Property research for England and Wales
Postcode Brief assembles sold prices, crime, flood risk, schools, planning, broadband and transport from UK government open data — free, with no account. Browse 445 postcode districts or read our buyer guides before you view.
Choose how you search
Two products, one intelligence service. Use Postcode Brief when you have a place in mind; use Property Scout when you are still looking.
| Postcode Brief | Property Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| You start with | A postcode — or an address you are about to view | A saved property search — location, price, bedrooms, land |
| You get | A dossier on the area: sold prices, crime, flood, heritage, schools, and more | Listings that match your criteria, scored and explained |
| Best when | You have found a place and want to know what you are walking into | You are still searching and want someone to watch the market |
| Runs on | UK government open data — free, no account | Your Scout criteria — free to start, account to save matches |
What this is and isn't
The Postcode Brief is an informational aid assembled from UK government open data. Every briefing describes the area around a postcode, not one identified address: a postcode typically covers around fifteen homes, so treat all of this as the ground a house stands on rather than a report on the house itself. It is not a substitute for a solicitor's searches, a survey, a mortgage valuation, or the official long-term flood risk checker, and it cannot tell you whether a home is in a school's catchment. Data is only as current as its publisher: sold prices lag completion by weeks, crime figures by a month or two, and certificates by years. Use it to know what to ask, not as the answer.