How to Source Property Deals: What Saved Alerts Ask For
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Saved sourcing alerts on Lendlord, checked on 31 October 2026, use a median minimum of £70,000 and a median maximum of £200,000. Beds run from 2 to 4. The median radius is 5 km, which is 3.1 miles.
Let the alert do the scrolling. Set a price band and a radius you would drive for a viewing, then compare that with the medians below before you save it. These figures come from Lendlord accounts approved for disclosure. This is not a national search total.
Lendlord's sourcing alerts and watchlist are where these criteria are saved.
Figures last checked on 31 October 2026. Saved alerts on Lendlord accounts approved for disclosure. The watchlist figures below run from 1 September 2026 to 31 October 2026.
The price band most alerts actually set
The UK median band is £130,000 wide, from £70,000 to £200,000. Alerts for 1 to 3 properties are 41.8% of all saved alerts and sit at £70,000 to £180,000. Alerts for 4 to 10 are 21.1% and sit at £90,000 to £200,000. The next band up is 8.1% and sits at £100,000 to £200,000.
The 21 or more band is 2.4% of alerts, from £150,000 to £300,000. That row is thin. In the West Midlands, the 1 to 3 band runs from £50,000 to £180,000 and the 4 to 10 band runs from £100,000 to £220,000. A national band will miss that shift.
How far the radius reaches
44.8% of alerts set a radius wider than 5 km. 55.2% stay at 5 km or under. Up to 1 mile is 20.7%. From 1 to 3 miles is 14.3%. From 3 to 5 miles is 20.2%.
From 5 to 10 miles is 19.2%. Over 10 miles is 25.6%.
A 10 km radius covers 4 times the area of a 5 km radius. Set 10 km only if you will view at that distance. East of England's median radius is 10 km. Greater London's is 5 km. The South West radius is left out of this note: the single median there is not stable enough to publish.
Your patch
Save the band you will actually view
The medians are a check. Your streets, your budget and your drive time decide the alert.
Set a sourcing alertBedrooms and property types
The UK median beds are 2 to 4. An alert can tick more than one property type, so the shares overlap and are not a split of one list. Semi-detached is ticked on 79.3% of alerts, terraced on 76.7%, end of terrace on 71.8% and detached on 68.0%.
Flats are ticked on 25.8% and apartments on 22.7%. Commercial property is on 24.9% and land on 13.6%. Ticking every type widens the alert. Tick the types you would actually buy.
What each region asks for
Read the minimum and maximum as medians of the saved alerts in that region, not as a recommended bid. On a phone, start with the share of alerts and the price columns.
| Region | Share of alerts | Min price | Max price | Radius | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 6.0% | £75,000 | £175,000 | 5 km | 2 to 3 |
| East of England | 8.8% | £70,000 | £250,000 | 10 km | 2 to 4 |
| Greater London | 8.4% | £150,000 | £475,000 | 5 km | 2 to 4 |
| North East | 5.9% | £50,000 | £120,000 | 10 km | 2 to 4 |
| North West | 12.1% | £60,000 | £175,000 | 5 km | 2 to 3.5 |
| Scotland | 5.7% | £27,500 | £120,000 | 10 km | 2 to 4 |
| South East | 10.4% | £145,000 | £300,000 | 5 km | 2 to 4 |
| South West | 5.9% | £120,000 | £270,000 | not shown | 2 to 5 |
| Wales | 3.8% | £70,000 | £142,500 | 5 km | 2 to 4 |
| West Midlands | 10.4% | £70,000 | £180,000 | 10 km | 2 to 3 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 8.6% | £50,000 | £130,000 | 5 km | 2 to 4 |
Greater London's median maximum is £475,000. Scotland's median minimum is £27,500. Copying the UK band of £70,000 to £200,000 into either region will miss the homes those alerts are set to find.
What happens after the alert is saved
From 1 September 2026 to 31 October 2026, 87.0% of watchlist adds were on-market homes and 13.0% were auction lots. Of the searches in the same window, 87.2% were strategy searches and 12.8% were prompt searches.
Among alerts with the switches on, 91.6% watch for a price drop, 81.2% want auction reminders, 79.6% want a new listing, and 75.0% watch for a price rise. This window is two months, so it is not compared with an earlier period. East of England accounted for 17.1% of all watchlist adds, and 13.8% of its adds were auction lots.
When a match arrives, run each match through a deal analysis before you book a viewing. For auction stock, check UK auction houses and their fees, and read a below-market HMO bought with bridging for one worked purchase.
A UK-median alert
Say you set the minimum at £70,000 and the maximum at £200,000, with 2 to 4 beds and a 5 km radius. That matches the UK median. Moving the radius from 5 km to 10 km covers 4 times the area. Do that only for a patch you will view.
Harvey Growth Properties, a training business that sources and analyses deals with Lendlord, wrote:
…are key to streamlining your workflow and scaling fast. Use tools like Rightmove alerts, GoHighLevel, and Lendlord to automate and accelerate your deals.Harvey Growth Properties, Instagram, 28 Jul 2025
The post names tools that sit beside a saved alert. The criteria above are still yours to set.
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A saved alert still needs a person to reject a bad match. The form does not know your exit.
Set the criteria, then watch the list
Before you save the next alert
Five checks before you save
Use your region row, not only the UK median.
- Set the minimum and maximum from homes you would buy, then compare with your region row.
- Set a radius you would drive for a viewing. Wider is not better.
- Tick only the property types you would buy. Extra ticks widen the list.
- Turn on a price-drop watch if you want the 91.6% behaviour, and auction reminders if you buy at auction.
- When a match arrives, run the deal analysis before you travel.
Questions before you copy a band
Should I copy the UK radius into every region?
No. The UK median radius is 5 km. East of England, the North East, Scotland and the West Midlands sit at 10 km. Use the region row.
Why do the property type shares overlap?
Because an alert can tick several types. Semi-detached at 79.3% and flats at 25.8% can sit on the same alert. Read each share on its own.
Do I still need a sourcing agent?
A saved alert does not replace a local agent when you want stock that is not on the big portals. See sourcing agents listed by area. A paid agent should belong to a redress scheme. Ask which one before you sign. The official pages below cover redress and supervision.
Set the alert against your region
Put your minimum, maximum and radius in, then compare them with the row for your region.
Open sourcing
Expert insight from Aviram Shahar, Co-Founder and CEO of Lendlord. Last updated November 2026. Let the alert do the scrolling, and keep the radius inside a drive you will make for a viewing.
Official data sources
- GOV.UK UK House Price Index reports
- ONS House Price Index bulletin
- National Trading Standards estate and lettings agency work
- HMRC guidance on estate agency supervision
Use the price index to sense-check a regional band. No index figures are quoted here. The alert figures are from Lendlord accounts approved for disclosure, checked on 31 October 2026.