What is Hometrack Comparables?
Hometrack Comparables gives you access to advanced residential comparables, valuations, and live market data, powered by Hometrack's mortgage valuation dataset.
While HM Land Registry (HMLR) sold price data can take months to be published after a transaction completes, Hometrack uses mortgage valuation data to give you a more current view of market values. This means you can assess where values are heading, not just where they were, which is particularly useful when stress-testing GDV assumptions on shortlisted sites.
How to access it
Open The Explorer on the left of your screen
Click Comparables
Select Hometrack
Refine your search using the available filters
View comparables on the map or download results as a CSV
Click on a comparable to open its detailed Hometrack data in the Assessor
Filters
Price mode
Controls how property values are displayed on the map and in results. Choose from:
Estimated value: reflects market changes (increases and decreases) since the property's last known value
Last known rental value: the last known rental asking price, or from a buy-to-let mortgage valuation
Estimated rental value: reflects market changes since the property's last known rental value
Price type
Filter between Full price and other price types.
Property type
Filter by property type. Options: Detached, Semi-Detached, Terraced, Flat, Bungalow. All are selected by default.
Tenure
Filter by tenure. Options: Freehold, Leasehold, Shared. All are selected by default.
Floor area
Set a minimum and/or maximum floor area in square feet to filter comparables by size.
Number of bedrooms
Set a minimum and/or maximum number of bedrooms.
Price last updated
Filter by the date the price was last updated. Defaults to a three-year range.
Year built
Filter by the year the property was built. Set a minimum and/or maximum year.
Search by area
Choose how to define the search area: Map (current map view), Draw (custom polygon), or Radius (distance from a point).
Include results without floor area
Toggle on to include comparables where floor area data is not available. On by default.
What you see when you click a comparable
Clicking a comparable on the map opens its full detail in the Assessor, including:
Property photo and address
Tags for tenure, sale status, residential use, and property type
Estimated value and last known value (with price per ft²)
Estimated rental value and last known rental value
Transaction history: a timeline of asking prices and sold prices with dates and price per ft²
Rental history
Property attributes: bedrooms, bathrooms, receptions, year built, floor area, EPC rating
Link to the Zoopla listing
Viewing results
Hometrack comparables appear as pins on the map. Click any pin to open the comparable's data in the Assessor on the right, where you can review detailed valuation information for that property.
You can also download your results as a CSV for use in your own appraisal models or to share with your team.
How Hometrack data differs from HMLR
| Hometrack | HM Land Registry |
Data source | Mortgage valuations | Registered title transfers |
Timeliness | Near real-time | Up to several months lag |
Coverage | Mortgage-funded transactions | All registered sales |
Best for | Current market direction and GDV sense-check | Historic transaction record |
Using both together gives you the most complete picture: Hometrack for current market context, HMLR for the historic record.
Why some properties don't show Hometrack data
If a property appears residential in Land Registry but returns no Hometrack comparables, the most likely reason is that the transaction has been recorded as an Additional Price Paid transaction, or the buyer is a corporate entity.
Hometrack intentionally excludes these transactions from its comparables dataset. This means the sale will exist in Land Registry but will not appear in the Hometrack data you see in LandInsight.
This most commonly affects:
Properties purchased by a limited company or corporate buyer
Farm properties or mixed-use sites where the transaction type is classified differently by Land Registry
Sites where the most recent sale was recorded as an additional price paid transaction rather than a standard residential sale
If you are seeing this on a site, it does not mean the data is wrong, it is a deliberate filter applied by Hometrack to maintain the integrity of its residential comparables model. For these sites, use HM Land Registry sold price data as your primary
reference instead.
Plan availability
Hometrack Comparables is available as a paid add-on for all LandInsight plans. Contact your account manager to discuss adding it to your subscription.
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