For estate agents
You market the property and bring the buyers. HomeBid verifies every one of them before the seller accepts, scores them so you know who is serious, and hands both solicitors a transaction-ready package the same day. Your sale progresses from a verified start instead of a promise.
Your part in it
Marketing
The property goes on HomeBid with the pack a solicitor will later need already attached. Direct your buyers to it from wherever they found the home; they verify once and bid.
Bids
Every bidder carries a score out of 100 with verified facts and declared ones labelled separately: identity, funds, source of wealth, screening, chain position, solicitor appointed, lender position. You negotiate on facts, and the seller accepts on them.
Progression
On acceptance the twin goes to both conveyancers within 48 hours. The first month of chasing identity, funds and appointments, the month in which most sales die, is already done.
HomeBid launches with housebuilders in late 2026. Agents acting for developers on new-build sales are part of that launch; the resale agent journey, including chain visibility, follows it. Your fee arrangement with your client is yours; HomeBid charges the seller side per outlet and per accepted reservation.
The digital twin
When a seller accepts a verified buyer on HomeBid, the platform generates a digital twin of the transaction: the property, the parties, the verified identity and the evidence behind it, the financing position, the professionals appointed, and the acceptance record. It is built to the Property Data Trust Framework, an open standard, and delivered to the people who need it within 48 hours.
What it holds
Plot or property and sales terms; buyer and seller; identity results aligned with HMLR Practice Guide 81; source of funds and source of wealth evidence; screening results with the daily refresh history; the buyer's solicitor and lender position; the acceptance record with timestamps.
Who receives it
Both conveyancers on acceptance. The agent that marketed the property. The surveyor and the lender or broker when they are instructed. A settlement rail if one is used. Each party gets the slice it needs, in JSON its systems can load and a PDF it can read.
What it is not
The twin accelerates the work of every professional in the chain; it does not replace it. Conveyancers re-verify under their own rules, lenders underwrite, surveyors inspect. HomeBid never represents otherwise.
Who is in the transaction
HomeBid launches with housebuilders because that is where the volume is. The platform is built for every party to a residential transaction, and the twin records each of them.
| Actor | Role in the transaction | In the twin | On HomeBid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seller or housebuilder | Lists the property, sets terms, accepts the buyer | Property, sales terms, acceptance record | Launching first, late 2026 |
| Estate agent | Markets the property, brings and directs buyers, negotiates, progresses the sale | Listing, marketing record, the agreed terms | Listing and bid management built; agent journey follows the housebuilder launch |
| Buyer | Verifies once, bids, appoints a solicitor and a lender upfront | Identity, funds, wealth, screening, score, appointments | Live with the first developments |
| Buyer's and seller's conveyancers | Complete the transaction; hold the client due diligence obligation | Named before acceptance; the buyer's solicitor counts in the score; receive the package | Receive packages from the first reservation |
| Mortgage broker and lender | Decision in principle, offer, funds | Financing position and evidence; instructed off the twin | Decision-in-principle evidence live; the referral rail follows FCA perimeter advice |
| Surveyor | Valuation, survey, snagging | Instruction and report, against the property record | Bookings and marketplace built; switched on with the developments that need them |
| Compliance providers | Identity, open banking, screening | The verified inputs and the evidence | In the acceptance gate from day one |
| Settlement rail | Exchange, completion and registration where used | Receives the package; returns the outcome | Destinations, after acceptance |
If you sell new homes for a developer, you can be on HomeBid with them from the first development. If you want the resale journey when it comes, register and we will tell you when it is real.
Rob Penman, Founder. rob.penman@home-bid.co.uk. Market statistics: TwentyEA Property and Homemover data, 2025 to 2026. Capability statements are as of September 2026; targets are design targets, not guarantees.