Data Hub Release Notes

📅 Week of April 21st, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

Parent-Child Geo Hierarchy in Market Intelligence: You can now view the hierarchical relationship between geographical areas. When selecting a ward, the larger geographies it belongs to are displayed, allowing for quick selection and navigation.
Quickly Hide Columns in Comparables: In the Comparables section, you can now hide columns in a table effortlessly. Simply hover your mouse over the column name and click "Hide" to remove it from view.

🐞 Bug Fixes

MI Data Refresh: We've addressed an issue causing missing records in pricing data. This fix has resulted in a 16% increase in available data, enhancing the comprehensiveness of your analyses

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📅 Week of April 14th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

New People & Society Module Released: Market Intelligence has launched a new module featuring People & Society data. You can now explore the following datasets which uses the latest data from the 2021 Census for England & Wales and the 2022 Scotland Census:

Age Bands
Household Types
Car and Van Availability
Student Indicator
Religion
Ethnicity

🐞 Bug Fixes

Info panel scroll bar: Images are no longer cropped by the scrollbar.
Missing postcode districts: WF and TF postcode districts have been added to the Postal boundary selection.
Single-value filters: Comparables slider filters (e.g. bedrooms) now support selecting a single value (not just a range).

📢 Notes for Users

Website update: The old URL now permanently redirects to data.hometrack.com, so all your saved and past searches are available in one place.

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📅 Week of April 7th, 2025

🚀 What's New?

Product release notes: You can now find all development updates and improvements to Data Hub under the “What’s New” section — your go-to place to stay up to date with the latest changes.
Improved table and map view: You can now view the map and table side-by-side by clicking the single arrow. Or, expand the table to full screen using the double arrow — giving you more flexibility in how you explore data.
Map property marker upgrade: When multiple comparables are shown at the same location on the Comparables map the location marker now features a differentiated circular design. The coloured border of the map marker indicates the mix of property types within that cluster making it easy to know the property mix at a glance.

🐞 Bug Fixes

Smarter error messages: When filters return zero results, you’ll now see a clearer, more helpful error message.
Large area feedback: When the radius or area is above the limit, you’ll get a helpful message to adjust it.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

Increased draw area search limit: The maximum area for area searches has been extended to 120km², allowing for larger custom search areas such as the whole of Oxford.

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📅 Week of March 31st, 2025

🚀 What's New?

New filter design: Filters now collapse to provide more map space. Additional filters allow quick access to comparables with listing links or sale and rent values. Value filters have been updated to sliders for selecting specific ranges.
Improved search experience: Enter any postcode or location, and if using radial search, results will appear instantly within a 500m radius. The radius can now be adjusted and dragged to a new location directly on the map. Polygon shapes can also be modified directly from the map.
Enhanced data export: You can now download either all available data as a CSV file or only the current selection of comparables and data.
User profiles: A new user profile feature lets you view and favorite your recent searches. Access your profile by clicking your email address in the top-right corner.
Feedback form: A new feedback form is now available in the bottom-right corner for reporting issues or sharing suggestions.

🐞 Bug Fixes

Table view alignment: Data in the table view is now correctly aligned according to Excel standards.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

Increased radial search limit: The maximum radius for searches has been extended to 15 km.
Market Intelligence map: Download speeds have been significantly improved.

📢 Notes for Users

Website update: The platform is now accessible at data.hometrack.com. You can favorite this new URL for quick access, and using the old url will automatically redirect you.

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