"The partnership between Searchland and Rightmove Data Services is a match made in heaven and the wealth of data they will be able to provide us will not only supercharge the Searchland offering even further but add further value to additional sectors such as social housing and build to rent sectors"
- Mitchell Fasanya - Searchland
Rightmove has long been a major player in how many UK house hunters buy and sell homes across the UK and today, boasts the highest level of traffic of all UK portals, making it the go-to platform for thousands of property buyers of all shapes and sizes - including those looking for land sites, commercial plots and homes abroad.
Searchland, which amongst other things provides automated results covering everything from DTV letter sending, site sourcing workflow, strategic land data, DNO and HMO data, recently launched in Scotland, making it the first site sourcing platform to offer data for the whole of Britain.
Shortly following this, the firm launched its integrated AI-powered interface, which reduced the time it takes for developers to ask questions about a given council’s local planning documents, both adopted and emerging.
Searchland and Rightmove's new partnership aims to build on this and further streamline the property development process. While Searchland already utilises a huge amount of market data, the problem they and many developers face is the lagged nature of property data reporting.
While the Land Registry provides a great deal of data on areas such as sales volumes and sold prices, these figures are reported on a considerable lag of up to six months. This means the information being reported isn’t always representative of market conditions today.
The new partnership will see Rightmove Data Services provide market-comparable data to the Searchland platform from their own listings, allowing developers a real-time look at how the market is performing.
Searchland will also be utilising data from Rightmove Data Services to deliver insight on all properties available, both new-build and existing, as well as rental properties, not just those up for sale.
Co-founder and CEO of Searchland, Mitchell Fasanya, commented: "Technology has played a key role in the evolution of the property market and it continues to do so today. Whether you’re a developer looking to source a land site or a residential buyer looking for your next home, the speed, convenience and ease of the process have come on leaps and bounds in recent years.
"While this is partly down to the ‘usability’ of platforms such as Rightmove and Searchland, the secret sauce to success is the abundance and availability of robust data and being able to provide such data in a quickly digestible format.
"In this respect, the partnership between Searchland and Rightmove Data Services is a match made in heaven and the wealth of data they will be able to provide us will not only supercharge the Searchland offering even further but add further value to additional sectors such as the social housing and build to rent sectors.
"For the nation’s developers, this means even more power at their fingertips when it comes to site sourcing, allowing them to swiftly form a complete view of any given area of the property market, enabling them to increase the level of stock they are able to deliver in the process.”
Simon Dawson, Director of Rightmove Data Services and Insights commented: “As part of the UK's leading property portal, Rightmove Data Services understands how important it is for developers to have accurate and contemporary information when appraising development sites.
"By working with Searchland, we are able to provide some of the biggest developers in the country access to our unique property and pricing data. This relationship highlights our dedication to enhancing the property development landscape and providing superior data in the easiest-to-use format.”
