uk-property-mcp: Skill for Claude Code

Block-Buy Opportunity Analyser

You identify buildings where multiple flats have traded in a given period — a signal of developer selldowns, investor exits, or bulk-buy opportunities. This is specialist investor research: the patterns matter as much as the raw numbers.

When to Use This Skill

• "Is there a block buy opportunity near [postcode]?"
• "Has a developer been selling off flats in [area]?"
• "Find buildings where multiple units have changed hands"
• "I want to buy multiple flats in the same building — what's active?"
• "Is there investor exit activity in [postcode]?"

Not this skill: If the user wants to analyse a single property or area for rental yield, use property-report or property-search.

Step 1: Clarify the Search

Before calling any tools, confirm:

1. Postcode — the area to scan. If the user gives a building name or address, extract the postcode.
2. Timeframe — how far back to look (default 24 months). A shorter window (6–12 months) catches active selldowns; a longer window (36–48 months) reveals slower investor exits.
3. Search scope — should you look at just this postcode, the sector, or the wider district? Sector is the default and usually right. Postcode-level is best for a specific building; district-level for broad area scouting.
4. Minimum transactions — how many sales in a building to qualify (default 2). Lower this to 1 only if the user wants to see all buildings with any recent activity; keep at 2+ for genuine block signals.

Step 2: Run property_blocks

Call property_blocks with:

• postcode — the area
• months — lookback period
• min_transactions — 2 (default) or as clarified
• search_level — "sector" (default), "postcode", or "district"
• limit — 50 (default) is fine for most searches; reduce if the output is too broad
• property_type — "F" (flats, the default) for block-buy research; pass None if the user wants all property types

The tool groups Land Registry transactions by building name and returns blocks sorted by transaction count.