Version: 1.0.1 | Published: 9 Oct 2025 | Updated: 61 days ago
WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Transactions and Associated Migration [Controlled]
Dataset
Summary
Short Description:
This dataset contains details of >7.5 million property transactions (2014-2023;
England and Wales) derived from HM Land Registry data matched to Zoopla property
listings, including linked migration data sourced from Royal Mail postal
redirection records.
DOI Name:
Tier:
Tier 3
Access Type:
Secure
Theme:
- Sustainability
- Place
Documentation
Description:
This dataset provides information on >7.5 million property transactions in England and Wales between 2014 and 2023. The data are derived from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, matched (where possible) to property listings published on the Zoopla website, and have been processed and provided by WhenFresh.
The dataset contains details of property transactions including sale price and sale date. For transactions matched to Zoopla, additional property listing details are available, including property type (e.g., house, flat, etc.), number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and other property characteristics. It also includes information on property listing activity, such as the date each property was first listed, the advertised price of each property, and the date the listing was removed.
Where available, energy performance attributes are included. These are sourced from the Energy Performance of Buildings: England and Wales data and provide energy ratings and efficiency scores.
This controlled version of the dataset includes linked information on migration sourced from Royal Mail postal redirection records. This linked information includes redirection destination addresses and redirection dates (where available), enabling analyses of onward migration patterns.
Is Part Of:
WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals & Transactions
How Published:
Data asset provided by the Healthy & Sustainable Places Data Service
(ES/Z504336/1), originally provided by the CDRC (ES/L011840/1; ES/L011891/1).
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Units:
Postcode - Unit Postcodes
Spatial Coverage:
England & Wales
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2014
End Date:
31 December 2023
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Date of Latest Release:
11 August 2025
Temporal Aggregation:
Daily
Geographic Bounding Box
Lower Left Latitude:
49.9
Lower Left Longitude:
-6.4
Upper Right Latitude:
55.8
Upper Right Longitude:
1.9
Provenance
Source:
- Transaction-derived data
- Website-derived data
- Administrative data
Purpose:
Data were originally collected for operational purposes by the Data Partner.
Collection Situation:
N/A
Collection Status:
Complete
Method of Collection:
Data were derived from property sales recorded in HM Land Registry Price Paid
Data (which contains data on single residential property sales in England and
Wales that are sold for value and lodged with HM Land Registry for registration)
and linked against property listings on the property search website Zoopla using
address-level lookups.
Weighting:
N/A
Notes on Representation:
Representation of property sales is subject to HM Land Registry inclusion
criteria (additional information is available @
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-land-registry-data/public-data#accuracy-of-the-data).
Not all properties sold in England and Wales appear on the property search
website Zoopla, either as a result of i) the owners not using an estate agent to
sell the property, or ii) the estate agent not advertising the property with
Zoopla. Royal Mail postal redirection data are only available for ca. 25% of
properties as postal redirection is an optional paid product provided by Royal
Mail and not all individuals will choose to use the service to have their mail
redirected to their new address.
Notes on Bias:
Property listing data is subject to estate agent (or equivalent entity)
practices relating to the registration of the information for the property.
Access and Governance
Usage
Resource Creator:
- Fran Pontin
- Conor Rankine
Data Use Limitations:
A named delegate from the Organisation will be contacted by RAG to represent the
Organisation’s position in the approval process for use of the Safeguarded Data
and Controlled Data for Project Proposals from researchers (whether those
researchers are academics, employees, registered students of the University, or
researchers that are external to the University).
Data Use Requirements:
DISCLOSURE CONTROL
Access
Access Service:
All HASP Controlled Data requires an approved project including specified outputs which are checked and approved before release. All users of HASP Controlled Data will have to complete appropriate (as determined by HASP) safe researcher training before being granted access to these data. Access to the data will be within the Leeds Analytic Secure Environment for Research (LASER) a cloud-based Trusted Research Environment (TRE) that is managed and maintained by the University of Leeds.
Jurisdiction:
Great Britain
Data Controller:
- Healthy & Sustainable Places Data Service; - WhenFresh.
Data Processor:
N/A
Availability Status:
Active
Licence:
This dataset is categorised as Controlled, and access is only granted upon
successful application. Applications will be assessed based on their ability to
demonstrate that the proposed research benefits social science researchers,
businesses, government, or society at large. The research must not be conducted
for commercial gain or profit-making purposes.
Format and Standards
Language:
English
File Format:
Comma-separated value (.csv).
Estimated Dataset Size:
1GB-5GB