Know your costs
before you write a line of code.
PropertyData's credit system charges 10× the headline rate for UPRN lookups and 50× for building analysis. With Homedata, token weights are transparent and documented: most endpoints cost 1 token, while premium endpoints cost more based on real infrastructure costs. You can budget before you build.
Pay as you go: 100 tokens = £1, no subscription needed. Address find costs 2 tokens, retrieve costs 5. Transparent token weights.
A typical property workflow: per property
PropertyData.co.uk
Credit systemHomedata
Flat ratePropertyData credit costs verified from their public docs, March 2026. Figures may change, so always check their current pricing.
Side by side
What matters when you're building a product on top of UK property data.
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PropertyData.co.uk | |
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| Pricing model | Transparent token weights: from 1 token a request | Credit system: 1 to 50 credits per request |
| Entry price | Pay as you go: 100 tokens = £1, first top-up matched | 14-day trial, 500 credits. No permanent free tier. |
| Address → UPRN lookup | 2 tokens | 10 credits per request £0.14/lookup on entry plan |
| Predictable monthly cost | Yes: calculate cost before you build | Depends on endpoint mix. Must profile each endpoint to estimate monthly bill. |
| Self-serve signup | Instant API key: no sales call | Self-serve available |
| Properties covered | 29 million UK residential properties | UK residential + some commercial |
| UPRN-first data model | Every endpoint keyed on UPRN | UPRN supported across most endpoints |
| EPC + environmental risk | EPC, 7 risk types, solar, planning | EPC, flood, planning available |
| Public pricing page | Transparent: one page, one token price | Public, but effective cost requires per-endpoint analysis |
| Area-level analytics | Deprivation, agent stats, price trends by outcode | Broader: demographics, growth, yields, demand |
| AVM / valuation models | Sale + rent (time-adjusted comps) | Sale, rent, HMO, commercial, historical |
| Developer docs | Sidebar nav, code in 3 languages, interactive playground | Complete API reference: 65 endpoint pages |
Where PropertyData is stronger
We'd rather be honest than lose your trust. PropertyData is a mature product with real advantages, especially if you need area-level analytics or AVM valuations.
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AVM valuations
PropertyData spans more model types: HMO, commercial, and historical, where Homedata covers sale + rent AVMs today.
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Deeper area analytics
Demand scores, yield estimates, population demographics, growth rates, household income, giving broader outcode-level coverage.
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Web UI for research
Their property search and dashboard is genuinely good for ad-hoc research. If you need a tool, not an API, PropertyData may be the better fit.
Where Homedata is stronger
Built from the ground up for developers who ship products, not analysts who run reports.
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Billing you can forecast
Transparent token weights: most endpoints 1 token, address find/postcode 2, retrieve 5, the complete property profile 50. Every response includes an X-Call-Weight header. No credit calculators, no mid-month surprises.
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Address lookup is cheap and transparent
Address find costs 2 tokens, retrieve costs 5, reflecting real licensing costs. On PropertyData, a UPRN lookup costs 10 credits. A complete find-then-retrieve on Homedata is 7 tokens vs 10+ credits on PropertyData.
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Pay as you go
100 tokens = £1, tokens never expire, first top-up matched 100%. Prototype, explore, validate your idea before you commit to anything.
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Enriched property data on retrieve
Address Retrieve returns bedrooms, property type, EPC rating, floor area, construction age band in a single call. No separate property lookup required.
From signup to first call in under 5 minutes
Sign up, get your API key instantly, make your first call. No sales process, no waiting for approval.
Request
# Address search: 2 tokens (vs PropertyData's 10 credits)
curl https://api.homedata.co.uk/address/find/ \
-G --data-urlencode "q=10 Downing Street, London" \
-H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY"
# Retrieve full property data: base tier (10 tokens)
curl https://api.homedata.co.uk/property/10002210501/base/ \
-H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY"
Response
{
"uprn": "10002210501",
"address": "10 Downing Street, London",
"postcode": "SW1A 2AA",
"bedrooms": 4,
"property_type": "Terraced",
"current_energy_efficiency": 72,
"epc_floor_area": 310,
"construction_age_band": "1900-1929",
"has_garden": false,
"building_height": 14.2,
"geometry_area_m2": 412,
"latitude": 51.5034,
"longitude": -0.1276
}
One call. No separate property lookup endpoint. Beds, EPC, floor area and construction age, all returned together.
Start pay as you go.
Ship when you're ready.
Pay as you go: 100 tokens = £1, no subscription needed, no expiry. Address search costs just 2 tokens, far less than PropertyData's 10-credit UPRN lookup.
Or see full pricing, with no credit calculator required.
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