At PropEco, we're committed to helping our partners make better property decisions by providing quick and easy access to actionable data and insights through our API. Today, we're excited to announce several key updates that will make it easier to manage risks, spot opportunities and future-proof property.

🌊 More Accurate Flood Risk Data

Flooding is one of the most pressing environmental risks affecting properties in the UK, so we're delighted to announced that we have now onboarded the Environment Agency's new National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA) dataset.

This provides a single picture of current and future flood risk for England using best available data, replacing the previous version published in 2018. The new model suggests that 6.3 million properties in England are based in areas at risk of flooding from one or a combination of rivers, the sea and surface water (a significant increase on previous estimates). Moreover, it predicts that the number of at risk properties could rise to around 8 million (approximately one in four properties) by 2050 as a result of climate change.

We also recently onboarded the latest flood risk models from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Alongside improved accuracy, these provide more nuanced assessments of future flood risk.

As a result of these changes, more accurate, property- or location-specific assessments of current and future flood risk are now available through our Flood Risk API.

⚡ Improvements to Enhanced EPCs

We have also made several improvements to our Enhanced EPC dataset. These include the addition of:

• Flags for wall and roof type
• A heat pump check
• Estimates of energy costs adjusted to reflect current prices

This data is available through our EPCs Endpoint, which now also provides EPC Recommendations and enhanced EPC benchmarking as part of its response.

📊 New Datasets

We believe that holistic assessments are central to future-proofing property decisions, so we have continued to onboard value-adding datasets from best-in-class sources. Recent additions include indicative subsidence risk assessments (both current and future) published by the British Geological Survey and Indices of Deprivation. These can be accessed through our Location Data and Property Data endpoints.

🔧 New Retrofit Endpoint

Many of our partners use our data to inform green retrofit processes, so we are excited to release a new endpoint that is tailored to that purpose. This provides all of the insights from the EPCs endpoint, along with data relating to planning restrictions, house prices, fuel poverty rates and more. See here for further details.

🖧 Infrastructure Upgrades

Alongside improvements to the data and analysis we provide, we've also made a number of other enhancements to our platform, including faster API response times and improved documentation.

We've also recently launched a self-service portal that makes it easy to set-up a subscription and manage access to our API.

💡 Why It Matters

Property- and location-specific risks and opportunities are constantly evolving, so accessing the most accurate and up-to-date data is essential for effective decision-making. Whether you work in real estate, lending or insurance, these updates are designed to provide unique insights, in-depth analysis and peace of mind.

🛠 How to Access

All updates are now live and available through the latest version of our API. You can find out more about the API here, test it out here or set-up access here.

These updates will also now be included within our other products and services, including the Data Explorer, Property Reports and Portfolio Assessment Service.

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback or talk about how we can help you make better property decisions, improve your product or boost customer engagement. Please get in touch here or at info@propeco.io with any questions or requests.