Home Journal
Notes on where Britain lives.
Market insight from our own data, product news, and the odd strong opinion. From the team at Home.
Best estate agents in Birmingham 2026: how to find the right one
Birmingham spans everything from Edgbaston's prime Victorian streets to Digbeth's regeneration corridor. Here is how to find the right estate agent for your specific area and price point.
RICS Level 2 vs Level 3: which survey do you actually need?
The RICS Level 2 HomeBuyer Report and Level 3 Building Survey serve different purposes. Here is a plain account of what each covers and how to choose the right one for your property.
Why listings on Home are free for estate agents
Every estate agent in the UK knows what it costs to list on the major portals. On Home, it is free. Here is why, and what that means.
How Otto reads condition from a property photograph
Otto uses GPT-4o image analysis to identify defects and conditions in survey photographs. Here is what it does, what it cannot do, and why the surveyor stays in control.
What Homemove was before it became Home
Homemove was founded in 2022 as a moving platform. Here is what we built before acquiring home.co.uk, and why the two fit together.
home.co.uk is 30 years old. Here is what comes next.
home.co.uk launched in 1995. Under new ownership since November 2025, here is what the next chapter looks like: new technology, same independence.
How Otto transcribes a property inspection dictation
Otto uses audio dictation to let surveyors record observations on site, then converts speech to structured RICS report content via Whisper. Here is how that pipeline works.
A note from the co-founders on acquiring home.co.uk
A personal note from the co-founders of Homemove on why we acquired home.co.uk and what we are trying to build.
Why we acquired home.co.uk
On 4 November 2025, Homemove acquired home.co.uk. Here is the thinking behind that decision, and what we are building together.
The case for a challenger portal: why the UK property market needed a new option
The UK portal market has been dominated by the same names for two decades. Home is building something different: a portal with a moving platform attached, and a genuine attempt to make the property transaction less opaque.
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