Zoopla, , Bailey, N. and Georgiou, M. (2025) Zoopla Property Listings Gen2. [Data Collection]
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Collection description
Overview:
Zoopla plc is one of the UK’s major property listings services, founded in 2007. Their service includes domestic property listings for both rental and sales. UBDC has had a partnership with Zoopla since 2016. The Zoopla datasets contain information related to both rental and sale property listings in the UK from 2010 onwards. They cover various property characteristics including location, type, and size of property as well as other features along with the sale or rental price and the dates for which the listing was live. Open text fields may contain further unstructured information on property attributes and amenities
The method by which the research datasets are produced has changed over time so there are two series, both of which cover sales and rental listings:
• Generation 1: from the 1st of January 2010 to 31st December 2021
• Generation 2: from the 1st of October 2016 onwards
The fields available in each Generation are similar. Full details are provided in the tables below. The main differences between Generation 1 and Generation 2 are the inclusion in Generation 2 of geographic coordinates for listings (longitude, latitude) and the provision of additional information on changes in property features during the life of the listing.
Generation 2 dataset:
As with Generation 1 dataset, UBDC monitors the current listings on a daily basis, storing the results in a database of raw data. Each listing has an entry for each day that it appears. At the end of a given period, we identify listings which have closed, i.e. not been advertised in the last three months. Information for the listing is then collapsed into a single record which contains first and last dates for the listing along 3with information on changes in asking price/rent. This is the version of the data made available to researchers. As with Generation 1 dataset, there is a three-month lag built-in to this approach. The Generation 2 datasets cover the period from the 1st of October 2016 onwards.
Additionally, it should be noted that both Generations were recompiled in January 2024. This resulted in ten additional variables in Generation 2 only. For full details of the variables added please see the User’s guide: A guide to UBDC’s Zoopla property listings datasets. It can be found in this entry.
Access and restrictions:
UBDC's licence agreement with Zoopla limits access to UK-based academics conducting non-commercial, academic research. The datasets can only be used for research in the social sciences, including housing policy. In addition, there are some further exclusions on projects which can be undertaken with the data. The key exclusions are that the data shall not be used to develop new house price or rental indices as the basis for commercial products; property attribute models with a view to commercialisation; property valuation tools or other forms of property technology.
To use the data, researchers need to apply to UBDC setting out a summary of the work they plan to undertake so that the usage can be assessed against these criteria. Please apply to UBDC. If the intended use falls within the terms of the licence, researchers will be asked to sign an End User Licence agreement. Datasets will be shared with eligible applicants on receipt of completed license agreements.
More information:
Details of the data available via Zoopla’s Application Programming Interface (API) can be found at https://developers.zoopla.co.uk/docs/alto-apis-zoopla-apis
The data service maintained by UBDC on behalf of UKRI Smart Data Research UK, with funding by ESRC, is now closed for external requests due to the end of the funding.
The UBDC data catalogue will still offer an entry point to our data, but our open datasets are now available permanently in Zenodo, and our safeguarded datasets are archived University of Glasgow’s Enlighten Service and controlled datasets at the UK Data Archive.
While we are unable to service requests for safeguarded and controlled datasets on a free-of-charge basis anymore, we could discuss options for providing access through partnerships on a cost-recovery basis. If there is interest, please contact Professor João Porto de Albuquerque (joao.porto@glasgow.ac.uk) to discuss
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| College / School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies & Social Policy |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2025 08:50 |
| URI: | https://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1914 |
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