Zoopla closed their API.
Yours is open right now.
Zoopla's Property API was never self-serve — and now it's gone for most developers. Homedata is the opposite: sign up in 60 seconds, get an API key instantly, and start querying live listings, sold prices, EPC ratings, flood risk, and 16 more property data endpoints. No partner application. No demo call. No gatekeeping.
Free tier — 100 property data calls/month. No credit card required.
What happened to the Zoopla API?
Zoopla's Property API was restricted to verified estate agents and technology partners — it was never a general-purpose developer API. New developer applications were stopped. Existing access was gradually wound down as Zoopla consolidated their data strategy.
Developers who were using it for listing data, property details, valuations, or area statistics now need a replacement. The usual paths — scraping (ToS violation), portal agent logins (restricted access), Land Registry bulk download (batch only, no real-time) — all have significant limitations.
Homedata is built specifically for this gap: a real-time UK property data REST API with self-serve signup, predictable pricing, and breadth that covers the core Zoopla API use cases plus considerably more.
What Homedata covers
19 endpoints. Every major use case from the Zoopla API — plus flood risk, planning applications, council tax, crime data, and solar assessment that Zoopla never offered.
Live property listings
Currently listed UK properties from Home.co.uk's 30-year portal dataset. Search by outcode, property type, price range.
Live Listings API →Sold prices & price history
Complete Land Registry transaction history for any property by UPRN. Also: monthly median asking prices and price distribution by outcode.
Property Prices API →Comparables
Similar recently sold properties by property type, bedrooms, and proximity. The raw data you need to build your own AVM or valuation tool.
Comparables API →EPC ratings
Current EPC certificate data for any UPRN — energy rating, potential rating, SAP score, tenure type, floor area. Plus per-recommendation cost/saving breakdown.
EPC API →Address lookup & UPRN
Typeahead address search, postcode lookup, and full address resolve — all returning a UPRN you can use across every other endpoint. Address find costs 2 calls, retrieve costs 5.
Address Lookup API →Flood risk
Rivers & sea and surface water flood risk per property. NAFRA2-aligned, 1-in-30 to 1-in-1000 year return periods. Zoopla never had this. Estate agents want it.
Flood Risk API →Planning applications
National planning applications search — pending decisions, granted permissions, refusals. Filter by postcode, date, application type.
Planning API →Council tax band
VOA council tax band (A–H) for any UK property by UPRN. Cached from batch scrape, falls back to live VOA lookup. 29M properties.
Council Tax API →Solar assessment
PV solar potential for any UK property — estimated annual generation, CO₂ savings, payback period, roof area assessment. Zoopla never had this. PropTech does.
Solar Assessment API →How Homedata compares to the old Zoopla API
Zoopla's API was a partner product. Homedata is a developer product — same data, better access model.
| Zoopla Property API | Homedata | |
|---|---|---|
| Access model | Partner application required — weeks to approval (now closed) | Self-serve — API key in 60 seconds |
| Current availability | Closed to most developers | Live — sign up now |
| Free tier | No public free tier | 100 calls/month, no credit card |
| Pricing transparency | Partner negotiated — no public pricing | Public pricing, cancel anytime |
| Live listings | ✓ (Zoopla listings only) | ✓ (UK portals via Home.co.uk — 30yr dataset) |
| Sold price history | ✓ | ✓ — full Land Registry history |
| Price trends by area | ✓ | ✓ — 12-month outcode trends + volatility score |
| Property valuations (AVM) | ✓ (Zestimate-style estimate) | Comparables + trends data to build your own |
| Address lookup / UPRN | Basic — no UPRN on all results | ✓ — UPRN on every result, free & unlimited |
| EPC ratings | No | ✓ — certificate-level detail per UPRN |
| Flood risk | No | ✓ — rivers & sea, surface water (NAFRA2) |
| Planning applications | No | ✓ — national coverage |
| Council tax band | No | ✓ — 29M properties, VOA-sourced |
| Crime data | No | ✓ — 14 categories, Police UK |
| Solar assessment | No | ✓ — PV potential, payback, CO₂ saving |
| Deprivation index | No | ✓ — IMD 2019, all 10 domains |
| OpenAPI schema | No | ✓ — Interactive reference at /docs/api-reference |
| Interactive playground | No | ✓ — in-dashboard, all 19 endpoints |
| Total endpoints | ~12 (listings, prices, valuations) | 19 — from address to solar assessment |
From API key to live listings in 5 lines
No partner approval. No OAuth flow. Just an API key and a GET request.
Currently listed properties by outcode and property type.
curl "https://api.homedata.co.uk/api/live-listings/search/?transaction_type=Sale&bedrooms=3" \ -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY"
{
"count": 38,
"next": "...?page=2",
"results": [{
"uprn": 10022874092,
"address": "FLAT 4, 12 VICTORIA STREET...",
"postcode": "SW1A 2JR",
"bedrooms": 2,
"bathrooms": 1,
"property_type": "Flat",
"latest_price": 695000,
"transaction_type": "Sale",
"added_date": "2026-02-14",
"source": "Home.co.uk"
}, ...]
}
Full Land Registry transaction history for a specific property.
curl "https://api.homedata.co.uk/api/property_sales/?uprn=10022874092" \ -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY"
{
"uprn": 10022874092,
"sales": [{
"price": 650000,
"date": "2022-06-10",
"transaction_type": "Standard",
"tenure": "Leasehold",
"new_build": false,
"source": "Land Registry"
}, ...]
}
What developers build with it
The same use cases the Zoopla API enabled — and several it never could.
Property portals & search
Build listing search with live availability, filter by price and type. Add flood risk and EPC ratings inline to differentiate from standard property portals.
Instant property valuations
Combine comparables, 12-month price trends, EPC rating, and flood risk into a data-driven AVM. All the inputs Zoopla used, available via one API.
Mortgage & lending tools
Automated property due diligence at point of application — flood risk, sold price history, EPC, council tax, planning activity. Reduces manual underwriting time.
Investment research platforms
Compare rental yield estimates, 12-month capital appreciation, and volatility scores across multiple postcodes. Identify where the opportunity is before it moves.
Estate agent CRMs & tools
Auto-populate property files with EPC, flood risk, council tax, and comparables at point of instruction. The data estate agents need — without calling five different APIs.
Conveyancing & legal tech
Automated property searches — flood risk, planning history, council tax, deprivation. Faster turnaround, predictable monthly cost — no per-file charges from a traditional search provider.
Where Homedata differs from Zoopla
We'd rather be honest than write a comparison that makes us look perfect.
No built-in AVM
Zoopla had a Zestimate-style automated valuation model. Homedata gives you the inputs to build your own AVM (comparables, price trends, EPC, flood risk) but doesn't output a single valuation figure. Most serious PropTech teams prefer the inputs anyway — so they can tune the model to their use case.
Coverage is England & Wales
Sold price history and many property data fields are sourced from Land Registry, which covers England and Wales. Scotland has separate registers (Registers of Scotland). Northern Ireland has LPSNI. Some endpoints (EPC, flood risk, council tax) also have England & Wales scope.
No rental listing data
Our live listings endpoint focuses on sale properties. Rental listing data is not currently available via the API — it's on the roadmap but not shipped yet.
Other alternatives you might be considering
getAddress()
Good for postcode address lookup only. No property data beyond address and UDPRN/UPRN. Not a Zoopla replacement — but a solid choice if all you need is typeahead autocomplete. Pricing is per lookup.
getAddress() vs Homedata →PropertyData.co.uk
Estate agent focused — rental yield, comparable sales, area stats. Good for valuation use cases but no listings endpoint and no EPC/flood/planning. Higher price point, no free tier.
PropertyData vs Homedata →Ideal Postcodes
Good developer experience for address lookup (PAYG, 2–2.5p per call). No property enrichment — just addresses and UPRNs. Solid if that's all you need, but no listings, EPC, or sold prices.
Ideal Postcodes vs Homedata →Loqate (GBG)
Enterprise address validation with global coverage. No public pricing, requires a demo call. No property data layer — just address capture and verification.
Loqate vs Homedata →Land Registry (HMLR) bulk data
Free and comprehensive for sold prices — but batch download only (updated monthly), no real-time API, no address lookup, no property attributes. Good for bulk analysis; not for product integrations that need real-time data.
Searchland
Map-first SaaS platform for land and planning professionals. £195/seat/month with no developer API — if you want programmatic access to planning applications, title data, or flood risk, Homedata gives you a self-serve REST API instead of a per-seat web UI.
Searchland vs Homedata →Nestdata
Enterprise bulk data supplier for direct mail campaigns — no public pricing, no developer API, enterprise contracts only. If you need self-serve REST API access to property data with a free tier, Homedata is the developer-friendly alternative.
Nestdata vs Homedata →Don't wait for Zoopla to reopen their API.
Get your free API key in under 2 minutes. Live listings, sold prices, EPC, flood risk — all in one API. No demo call. No partner approval. Just sign up.
Free tier: 100 property data calls/month. Address find costs just 2 calls.