Data Hub Release Notes

📅 Week of Feb 27th, 2026

🚀 What’s New?

  • Create new Comparables Report - we’ve simplified the journey to create a new PDF comparables report. In addition to creating new reports from the ‘Add to report’ action on comparables search results, you can now create empty reports directly from the Reports page.
  • Improved comparable search filters - we’ve improved the granularity of the floor area filter in Comparables search. Previously the filter allowed users to search by 200ft2 intervals. Now you can filter by 20ft2 intervals making it easier to get the results you want. If this is still too high please leave feedback.

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📅 Week of Jan 26th, 2026

🚀 What’s New?

  • New Build Sales Rates - if you’re using our New Build module, in addition to seeing achieved pricing, you can now see Reservation, Construction Completion and Sale rates on each development. This data is updated daily giving you timely insights into how developments are progressing. To see the New Build module in action, contact your account manager or email customerservice@hometrack.com for a demo.

📅 Week of Jan 5th, 2026

🚀 What’s New?

  • Comparables report synchronisation - we’ve upgraded the new Data Hub Comparables reports so that they synchronise across all your web browsers and devices. Learn more about Comparables reports in our previous release notes.
  • Share a link to a comparable property page - building on the new comparables property page, we have added quick links to each comparable page. Simply click the link icon at the top of the comparable property page to copy a link to the dedicated page for that comparable property. You can then share the link with a colleague who has access to Data Hub or paste it into another browser tab.

📅 Week of Dec 15th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Introducing Data Hub Comparables reports - you can now create PDF comparable reports in Data Hub. Start with a regular search and identify properties you’d like to include in a report. You can add one or more properties to the report by selecting them in the Comparables table view and clicking ‘Add to report’, or by viewing the property on the map and clicking ‘Add to report’. From there simply select an existing report, or create a new report. You can view existing reports from the top navigation ‘Reports’ link, where you can preview report property data, sort the properties, and export to a PDF. This is the first version of the report so we want to hear your feedback to know how we can enhance it.

📅 Week of Dec 8th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Introducing Data Hub Comparables property pages - we want to make it easier to review information about a property from the Comparables map. Now when you click a property pin or cluster on the map you will see a ‘More details’ link at the bottom of the map marker popup. Click this link to reveal our new Property panel. Inside you’ll see additional information about the property, including Google Street view image for all properties and transaction history data. In the new year we plan to add additional property data, including EPC, planning and a better way to view building level data. Please let us know if you find this valuable and what data you’d prioritise.

📅 Week of Oct 27th, 2025

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • More compact Comparables results table - we have reduced the white space and tightened the width of columns to enable more data to be displayed in the table view -> reducing the need to scroll horizontally to see the data you are looking for. As a reminder - you can hide columns that you are not regularly using by either hovering over them and selecting the hide column option or using the “Hide Columns” option on the top right of the results table.

📅 Week of Oct 20th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • New Build Module - tired of waiting for information on comparables for new build sites? We are excited to announce the launch of our New Build Module, giving you access to exclusive data from NHBC. Now you can track site specific details like unit counts, construction progress and achieved pricing - months before it’s available from the Land Registry. To see it in action, contact your account manager or email customerservice@hometrack.com for a demo.

📅 Week of Oct 6th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Pricing chart copy and download - want to use the pricing chart outside of Data Hub? Now you can easily copy and save the chart to use in your own documents or presentations - rather than having to printscreen. Simply click either the “Copy Chart” or “Download Chart” buttons in the top right of the Market Intelligence Pricing view. Based on your feedback we will then introduce this feature to other Market Intelligence datasets if it is valuable to you.

📅 Week of September 22nd, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Market Activity chart table view - following on from the Affordability chart, our last chart to apply this update to is Market Activity, which you can now view chart data as a table.

📅 Week of September 8th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • View more chart data in a table - following on from the Supply + Demand chart, you can now view Affordability chart data in a table. The final dataset will be Market Activity and will be available imminently.

📅 Week of September 1st, 2025

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Explore and Compare more data at once - we are excited to announce that we’ve increased the limit on Market Intelligence individual charts and tables, so you can now explore and compare data for up to 10 geographies at once - up from 5 geographies previously. This enhancement means you no longer have to download to a CSV or create multiple charts to see a comprehensive, side-by-side view of up to 10 different geographies.
  • Unified tooltips - we have unified the tooltips when hovering over graphs to give a more consistent, easier to read view of the data.

📅 Week of August 25th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Supply and Demand chart table view - Joining the new Pricing, Housing and People + Society chart table views, we have added a table view when exploring Supply + Demand data in Market Intelligence. Coming soon: The final datasets to get this feature will be Affordability and Market Activity - which are both being built in our engineering lab.
  • Unselect all selected geographies - ever explore data for different geographies in Market Intelligence then want to start again with a clean list of geographies. Our new Reset action at the top of the selected geographies list enables you to clear the list of geographies in one click.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Simplified Market Intelligence data navigation - With a growing volume of Market Intelligence data available we have simplified how you navigate and explore the different data sets. As before, you can navigate to the Market Intelligence page and select geographies from the map or search box. You’re then shown two additional options to view ‘Dashboard + Key Facts’ when selecting a single geography, or you can explore and compare data for up to 5 selected geographies. You can still bulk download data for up to 120 geographies in CSV format – using the CSV download link at the top of the selected geographies list. Coming soon: we are working on increasing the explore and compare data limit from 5 to 10 geographies. Watch this space.

📅 Week of August 18th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Key Facts navigation - Key Facts now open in the same tab, with a neat back ← button to the left of the key facts page title to take you back to the previous Market Intelligence selection view.
  • Pricing chart table view - You can now view a table view of any Pricing charts in the Pricing module. Simply select 1 to 5 geographies, click the ‘Pricing’ button, and in the chart popup select ‘Table’ at the top. You can manually copy the table contents by selecting the table (left click the top left corner of the table and drag your mouse to the bottom right of the table - copying the selected text) and pasting it into your preferred document or email. This joins chart table views for Housing, People and Society and Market Activity chart, with Supply and Demand table view almost ready to launch, and the remaining Affordability module table view in our engineering lab.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Chart metadata - hot off the heels of our recent update for embedded help, we’ve added quick links to Market Intelligence metadata from all charts. Click the ⓘ info icon on any chart page to quickly open the related metadata table in our FAQs document to learn where the data is sourced from, when it was last refreshed, refresh cadence and any calculations applied.

📅 Week of August 4th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Market Intelligence dashboards added to Key Facts. To make it easier to explore all metrics about a particular geographic area (region / local authority / ward or postcode area / district ) we’ve created a new dashboard view. Open Market Intelligence, use the search or map to select a single geography, then click ‘Key Facts’. Use the tabs at the top to explore the metrics. Want to export those metrics? Then return to the Market Intelligence page and select the ‘Download CSV’ option.
  • Copy ‘Key Facts’ - want to copy Key Facts text from Data Hub and paste it in your own documents or emails? You’re not alone. We’ve now made this even quicker with a new ‘Copy’ button at the top right of each Key Fact tab.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Help menu - to make it easier to find help when you need it we’ve moved links to all help pages to a new Help menu - accessible from the top right of every page.
  • Embedded help - on the topic of help, we want to make it easier to understand what some of the technical terms and models are that we use. So whenever you see words underlined with a dotted line you can hover over these words to learn more. Use our feedback form under the new help menu if there are any other terms you’d like us to explain.

📅 Week of July 28th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Market Activity Key Fact added within Market Intelligence
  • Property price to income ratio and Lower quartile property price to income ratio added to Affordability Key Facts in Market Intelligence

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Table view in Comparables: We’ve reduced empty space above and below table rows, and optimised table column widths to make it easier to view more data at once in the Comparables table view.

📅 Week of June 30th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Table view for People & Society: You can now switch between chart and table views using a convenient toggle, helping you explore census data more efficiently and find specific stats with ease.
  • Stacked bar chart: New Build vs Second‑hand: The existing graph now displays as a stacked bar chart, clearly showing the split between new build and resale properties.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Improved zoom-cluster logic in Comparables: Clicking a map cluster now zooms you directly to the individual comparables in one step, enhancing navigation speed and reducing friction.
  • Enhanced search-area visibility on satellite view: Radius and polygon selection shapes in Comparables are now more prominent against satellite imagery, improving clarity and usability.
  • Seamless navigation between Comparables & Market Intelligence: Switching between Comparables and MI modules now preserves map position, zoom level, and selected geographies for uninterrupted analysis.

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Geo tooltip containment: Tooltips now stay fully visible within the map when hovering over areas in the map’s corners, no more cut-off labels.

📩 Notes for Users

  • As of June 30th, the old HIS platform has been retired. Any attempt to visit the legacy URL will now redirect you to data.hometrack.com.

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.

📅 Week of June 23rd, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Bulk CSV export expanded: The bulk CSV export feature, which allows users to select all wards within a Local Authority (LA) or all LAs within a region and download data in one go, has now been extended to include the Affordability and Pricing modules. The exported data remains available in CSV format, ideal for seamless offline analysis and custom reporting.

  • Extended monthly cost metrics in affordability: Ownership and rental cost data now includes more granular monthly metrics with expanded Loan-to-Value (LTV) data, and mean property prices.

  • New “Market Activity” module in Market Intelligence: This module features four datasets to help you track market trends:

    • Number of sales by property type (annual and monthly)
    • Number of transactions by new-build vs. second-hand (annual/monthly)
    • Turnover as a percentage of total private housing stock
    • Sales distribution by value band

  • New “Housing” module in Market Intelligence: You can now explore data By Tenure or By Property Type. Each dataset displays both percentages and actual property counts, giving you a quick understanding of property inventory composition across your selected geographies.

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.

📅 Week of June 9th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Mean property price – Pricing module: A brand-new Mean Price metric is now available in the Pricing module. You can explore average property price trends in addition to medians. This gives a clearer picture of market behaviour, especially in areas where outliers may skew typical values.

  • Price‑to‑income ratios – Affordability module: Introducing the Price‑to‑Income tab! Explore three key metrics for your selected geographies:

    • Household income
    • Property price
    • Price‑to‑income ratio

    This provides a sharper view of affordability dynamics across regions and helps benchmark housing costs against local incomes.

  • Granular LTV options – Income Required to Buy tab: Income required to buy just got more precise! You can now select Loan‑to‑Value (LTV) ratios from 60% to 95% in 5% increments.

    This allows modelling of income requirements across realistic financing scenarios.
    Note: Adjusting LTV may not always change every metric, see the FAQs for explanations: “Why sometimes different LTV does not change some metrics”.

📅 Week of June 2nd, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Key Facts summary: You can now view a concise summary of the key data points for your selected geography. Switch between themed tabs: Overview, Pricing, Affordability, Supply + Demand, and People + Society, to get a quick, insightful snapshot of the area you're analysing.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Market Intelligence menu enhancements: The menu of options is now always visible, making it easier to navigate. Some options may become inactive depending on your selected geographic boundaries. Hover tooltips will explain why certain options are unavailable, helping you better understand the context and constraints of your selection.

📅 Week of May 26th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Bulk CSV download for multiple geographies: Users can now efficiently select all wards within a Local Authority (LA) or all LAs within a region to download data for all selected boundaries in bulk. This feature is currently live for the Supply + Demand module, with support for other modules coming soon.

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Rent Value Date preservation: The Rent Value Date is now correctly saved within saved searches, maintaining data accuracy and consistency.
  • Listings links in 'Download All' option: Listings links are now appropriately included when using the "Download All" option, ensuring comprehensive data exports.
  • Comparables map usability: Legend sizing has been improved for better display on smaller screens.

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.

📅 Week of May 12th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • CSV download for People + Society module: Users can now export data from the People & Society module in CSV format, facilitating easier data analysis and reporting.

📈 Improvements & Performance Updates

  • Enhanced graph usability: The vertical axes on Supply and Demand graphs have been fixed to improve readability and user interaction.
  • Improved boundary overlay visibility: Map visibility has been enhanced when geographical areas are selected or hovered over, providing better navigation.

🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Postcode match accuracy: Improvements have been made to the accuracy of postcode matching within the postal boundary selection in Market Intelligence.
  • Layering of geographical areas: Smaller geographical areas now consistently appear on top of larger ones when both are selected, ensuring better visibility and selection accuracy.

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.

📅 Week of April 28th, 2025

🚀 What’s New?

  • Parent-child geographic 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

  • Market Intelligence 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

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.

📅 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.

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.

📅 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.

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.

📅 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.

📩 Have feedback? Submit your questions or issues using this form.