Comparable sales evidence, RICS-ready in seconds.

From our property database — the same data that powers home.co.uk's sold-prices and rental-prices public pages. It aggregates HM Land Registry sold prices, agent-listed rentals and active for-sale listings into a single property graph keyed by UPRN.

It's a weighted average of selected comp prices, adjusted for the surveyor-assessed bedrooms, floor area, construction age, condition and current market direction. The range is anchored on the comps you select — change your selection or any assessed value and the range recalculates instantly.

Yes. The Comparable Tool is the Comparables tab inside every Level 2 and Level 3 report writer. Selected comps appear as a numbered appendix in the final PDF. The same tool can also be run standalone for valuation-only instructions.

You can generate a Comparable Marketing Report — a branded, client-facing PDF with property photos and your firm's colours — or a Surveyor Valuation Report, a more formal document suited to mortgage, probate or Help to Buy instructions. You choose the format before generating the PDF.

The default radius is 1 mile, which works for most urban and suburban subjects. For rural subjects where few comps exist within 1 mile, you can widen to 3 or 5 miles. The system flags low comp density so you can note the wider search area in the report.

Land Registry sold prices are ingested daily — though Land Registry itself publishes with a 1–3 month lag, which is normal for sold-price comps. Rental listings and for-sale listings refresh as agents publish them.

Yes. Sold comps and rental comps appear in the same panel, so for buy-to-let instructions you can review both capital value and rental yield context without opening a separate source. The average rental yield across the comp set is shown alongside the comparable sale prices.

Yes. The Comparable Tool runs standalone for valuation-only instructions, mortgage referrals, probate, pre-marketing appraisals or any instruction where comparable evidence alone is needed. The output is a standalone PDF in either the branded marketing or formal surveyor valuation format.

RICS guidance under the Home Survey Standard encourages surveyors to include comparable market evidence to support valuation opinions. The Comparable Tool produces a numbered appendix that can be attached to any Level 2 or Level 3 PDF, giving both the surveyor and the client a transparent record of the evidence used.

Best practice is 3 to 6 well-matched comparables for most instructions. The Comparable Tool supports selections of 3 to 10. For urban subjects with good comp density, 4 to 6 tightly matched properties usually gives the strongest weighted valuation range. For rural subjects, 3 comparables with a widened radius and a clear explanatory note in the report is acceptable.

Yes. For each selected comp you can add a brief surveyor note — useful for flagging why a higher-priced sale is included despite an apparent difference, or to note a floor area discrepancy. These notes appear alongside the comp entry in the appendix so the rationale is visible to the reader.

The volatility score reflects how consistent recent sold prices in the postcode have been over the last 12 months. A low score means prices have been stable and the comparable evidence is likely reliable. A high score indicates a wider spread of results — perhaps driven by a mix of property types or condition — and may warrant a wider valuation range or an explanatory note in your report.

Yes. The tool is designed to support valuation opinions under the RICS Home Survey Standard. The output is a numbered comparable evidence appendix with transaction dates, distances, sources and your surveyor-assessed adjustment factors clearly shown. This gives both the surveyor and the reader a transparent, auditable record of the evidence used to support the valuation. The appendix attaches directly to the Level 2 or Level 3 PDF.

A RICS comparable evidence appendix is a numbered section of your survey report that sets out the sold properties and other market transactions you used to support your valuation opinion. Under the RICS Home Survey Standard, your valuation must be transparent and auditable. The Comparable Tool generates this appendix automatically from your selected comps, including transaction dates, prices, distances and your assessed adjustment factors, and embeds it directly into the Level 2 or Level 3 PDF.

A property portal shows you raw sold prices with no weighting, no adjustment for assessed condition or floor area, and no way to generate a formal comparable evidence appendix. The Comparable Tool pulls both sold and rental comps in one panel, applies a weighted valuation range based on your surveyor assessments, and produces a branded PDF appendix that meets RICS comparable evidence requirements — all inside the same report writer, without switching tabs or copying data manually.

A properly documented comparable evidence appendix is one of the strongest protections against a PI claim challenging your valuation. It records which properties you considered, the prices paid, the distance from the subject and every adjustment factor applied. The Comparable Tool captures this record automatically — as a numbered section in the Level 2 or Level 3 PDF — so the evidence trail exists from the moment you generate the report, inseparable from the document the client receives.

Yes, though the approach differs. For new-build valuations where recent Land Registry data is limited, you can widen the time window and supplement with live for-sale listings from the same panel. For unusual properties — barn conversions, listed buildings, large plots — the tool supports a widened search radius and per-comp notes that explain why you included or excluded specific transactions despite apparent differences in type or size. These notes appear in the appendix, giving the reader a clear account of your reasoning.

The Comparable Tool flags low comp density automatically and prompts you to widen the search radius. For rural instructions, extend the radius to 3 or 5 miles and, if needed, open the time window beyond 24 months. Supplement with live for-sale listings if recent sold data is particularly sparse. Per-comp surveyor notes in the appendix let you explain the widened parameters and any differences in property type or location — giving the reader a clear account of why each comparable was selected despite the greater distance or older transaction date.

Yes. Within your comp selection you can mark one property as the primary reference comparable. A derivation chip highlights it in the weighted range calculation and a surveyor note field lets you explain why it is the strongest match — for example, closest in floor area, most recent sale, or best condition match. The note appears alongside that comp entry in the numbered appendix so the reader understands the weight given to it.

Yes, with caveats. Asking prices are forward-looking indicators rather than confirmed transaction prices, so they should be treated as supporting context rather than primary evidence. The Comparable Tool includes live for-sale listings alongside sold prices in the same panel — particularly useful when recent Land Registry sold data is thin, such as for new-build valuations or unusually rare property types. When you include a for-sale listing as a comp, the per-comp note field lets you flag its status clearly in the appendix so the reader understands it is a listed price rather than a completed transaction.

Yes. The default search window is 24 months, which covers most standard instructions. For new-build valuations or data-sparse locations where recent Land Registry sold data is limited, you can extend the window beyond 24 months. For instructions where only very recent transactions are relevant — such as fast-moving urban markets where prices have moved significantly in the last six months — you can narrow the window to focus on the most current evidence. The time window control appears in the comp panel alongside the radius setting.

The sold-price data is drawn from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers England and Wales only. For Scottish properties, Registers of Scotland publishes a separate sold prices dataset. The Comparable Tool currently returns sold-comp data for England and Wales; if you are surveying a Scottish property, rental listing and for-sale listing layers may still show where agents have published on home.co.uk, but confirmed sold-price comparables will not be available from the Land Registry layer for that instruction.

Yes. The weighted valuation range is a calculated starting point, not a locked figure. Once it has been derived from your comp selection and surveyor-assessed values, you can adjust it to reflect your professional judgement before generating the PDF. The figure you approve is what appears in the appendix and the report. The tool supports the calculation — the final assessed opinion of value remains yours as the RICS-registered surveyor.

Yes. For APC candidates pursuing a residential surveying pathway, demonstrating a systematic and transparent approach to valuation methodology is a core competency requirement. Every comparable appendix you produce creates a documented record of your methodology: which comparable properties you selected, how you assessed bedrooms, floor area, condition and market direction, and any notes explaining why an outlier was included or excluded. Over a training period, your account history builds a portfolio of comparable evidence across different instruction types — urban, rural, buy-to-let and unusual property — showing how your valuation practice develops. Each appendix is preserved in the final Level 2 or Level 3 PDF exactly as you approved it, giving you an auditable trail to reference when an APC assessor asks how you support a valuation opinion under the RICS Home Survey Standard.

Yes. Sold comparables are returned regardless of tenure, so both freehold and leasehold transactions appear in the panel. For leasehold subjects, lease length and service charge obligations are material factors that affect value — ones you would note in your surveyor assessment and can reference in the appendix narrative. The per-comp note field lets you flag any comparable that differs materially in tenure — for example, a freehold comp selected for a leasehold subject — and explain why the comparison remains valid or what adjustment has been applied. This explicit documentation supports the transparent, auditable valuation record required under the RICS Home Survey Standard.