How it works
From mandate to matched opportunity.
PropSignals is built around one idea: the rules you'd apply to every property yourself, applied consistently, every time, without you having to do the repetitive work.
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Define your acquisition mandate
You tell PropSignals exactly what you're trying to acquire — not just a location and a price ceiling, but the fuller set of rules you already apply mentally every time you look at a property.
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Set investment areas and property criteria
Target areas and postcode districts, budget and available deposit, property type, bedrooms, tenure, and any areas or characteristics you want excluded entirely.
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Opportunities are screened against those requirements
As opportunities are identified, they're checked against your mandate — consistently, every time, without the fatigue that creeps in after the fortieth listing of the week.
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Objective rules and calculations are applied
Where a rule is objective — price within budget, bedrooms at or above your minimum, yield above your threshold — it's checked deterministically. The same inputs produce the same result every time.
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Evidence and uncertainty are separated
Every figure that matters is labelled by how well it's supported — known, calculated, estimated or unknown — so you can see at a glance what you're relying on and what still needs checking.
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Properties are classified as Reject, Review or Strong Match
Each opportunity receives one of three classifications against your specific mandate. There's no universal score — only how well a property fits what you've told PropSignals you want.
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You concentrate on opportunities that warrant attention
Instead of working through every listing yourself, you spend your time on the small number that have already passed your own rules.
Objective rules, applied plainly
Deterministic where it can be. Honest where it can’t.
Where a rule in your mandate is objective — a minimum yield, a maximum price, a bedroom count — PropSignals checks it the same way a careful investor would with a calculator and a checklist: consistently, and without shortcuts. A yield calculated from a known price and a known rent is calculated, not guessed.
Where information is softer — an estimated rent, an uncertain refurbishment cost — that’s labelled honestly rather than folded into a single confident-looking number.
Evidence framework
- KNOWN
- Directly evidenced — a stated asking price, a confirmed EPC rating.
- CALCULATED
- Deterministically derived from evidenced inputs — a yield worked out from a known price and rent.
- ESTIMATED
- Supported by market evidence or disclosed assumptions, but not independently verified.
- UNKNOWN
- Insufficient reliable evidence. We say so, rather than guessing.
No universal score
The same property can mean different things to different investors.
A three-bed terrace at £120,000 might be a strong match for an investor whose mandate is built around exactly that price band and property type — and a clear rejection for another investor whose mandate calls for something entirely different. PropSignals doesn’t rank properties against each other. It checks each opportunity against your mandate, on its own terms, every time.
See how your own mandate would be screened.
Submitting an application takes a few minutes. We'll review your acquisition mandate against existing coverage and come back to you.