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Open Property Data Blog

How are we delivering trust and interoperability for Smart Data in the property market? By creating the data standards, governance rules, role profiles, technical trust interfaces, consent and liability models,

February 8, 2026

Open Property Data Association launches a YouTube channel to explain digital homebuying. The channel features videos for consumers about the work we do and for the industry to introduce smart

January 8, 2026

PVQs (Post Valuation Queries) are part and parcel of property transactions, but the way they’re handled today is one of the quietest causes of delay in the offer-to-completion journey. This

December 5, 2025

The Department for Business & Trade has published independent research which they commissioned to understand how existing data standards can support future Smart Data schemes including Smart Property. data_standards_for_smart_data.pdf 🤔

November 21, 2025

We’ve taken another major step forward toward the digital foundations that the homebuying process needs 🎉 OPDA and the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) have secured Department for Science, Innovation

November 19, 2025

Buying or selling a home should feel simple, transparent, and seamless. For too long, estate agents and their clients have had to wrestle with fragmented systems, duplicated data, and manual

October 7, 2025