Open Property Data Association
A UK not-for-profit industry body that governs the Smart Property Data Trust Framework and convenes the Digital Property Market Steering Group, promoting the sharing and safe reuse of trusted property data across the buying and selling process.
Stanley, County Durham, UK
The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) is an independent, not-for-profit industry body set up to promote the sharing and safe use of trusted property data in England and Wales. It governs the Smart Property Data Trust Framework, a set of rules and standards intended to let property data move safely between the many parties involved in a transaction — agents, conveyancers, lenders, and search providers — without each one having to re-collect or re-verify it from scratch.
OPDA also convenes the Digital Property Market Steering Group, the cross-industry group working on the Digital Property Information Protocol.
What It Does
- Sets and governs the Smart Property Data Trust Framework for shareable property data
- Convenes the Digital Property Market Steering Group
- Works with industry bodies and technology providers to reduce duplicate data collection in property transactions
No founding date, membership figures, or governance structure beyond the above is published on the organisation’s site as of this writing.