diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Map.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Map.tsx
index 71796aa..a988f90 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Map.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Map.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { PropertyCard } from "./PropertyCard";
 import { ScrollArea } from "./ui/scroll-area";
 import type { GeoJSONFeatureCollection, PropertyProperties, POI } from "@/types";
 import { MAP_CONFIG, HEATMAP_CONFIG, PERCENTILE_CONFIG } from "@/constants";
-import { getColorSchemeForMetric, getMetricInterpretation } from "@/constants/colorSchemes";
+import { getColorSchemeForMetric, getMetricInterpretation, interpolateMetricColor } from "@/constants/colorSchemes";
 import { calculateColorStops } from "@/utils/mapUtils";
 import { HexgridHeatmapClient } from "@/workers/HexgridHeatmapClient";
 
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ export function Map(props: MapProps) {
     const poiMarkersRef = useRef<mapboxgl.Marker[]>([]);
     const isPickingPOIRef = useRef(props.isPickingPOI ?? false);
     const onPoiLocationPickRef = useRef(props.onPoiLocationPick);
+    // Latest color-scale bounds from the heatmap worker. Used by the
+    // multi-property popup to color each card by its individual metric value
+    // (so the per-card "color code" matches the heatmap gradient).
+    const colorScaleRef = useRef<{ min: number; max: number } | null>(null);
 
     const metricMode = props.effectiveMetric ?? props.queryParameters?.metric ?? Metric.qmprice;
 
@@ -102,11 +106,13 @@ export function Map(props: MapProps) {
             makeLegend(colorScheme, colorResult.min, colorResult.max);
             const colorStopsValue = calculateColorStops(colorScheme, colorResult.min, colorResult.max);
             heatmap.setColorStops(colorStopsValue);
+            colorScaleRef.current = { min: colorResult.min, max: colorResult.max };
         } else {
             // Set safe default stops so stale stops from a previous metric don't cause
             // Mapbox expression errors when the hexgrid produces cells with different value ranges
             const colorStopsValue = calculateColorStops(colorScheme, 0, 1);
             heatmap.setColorStops(colorStopsValue);
+            colorScaleRef.current = null;
         }
 
         heatmap.update();
@@ -407,6 +413,16 @@ export function Map(props: MapProps) {
     }
 
     function getListingDialog(properties: PropertyWithCoords[]) {
+        const scale = colorScaleRef.current;
+        // Read each property's value for the active metric; Metric.price aliases
+        // to property.total_price.
+        const metricField = metricMode === Metric.price ? 'total_price' : metricMode;
+        const colorFor = (p: PropertyProperties): string | undefined => {
+            if (!scale) return undefined;
+            const raw = (p as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)[metricField];
+            if (typeof raw !== 'number') return undefined;
+            return interpolateMetricColor(raw, scale.min, scale.max, colorScheme) ?? undefined;
+        };
         return (
             <ScrollArea className="rounded-md">
                 <div className="overflow-y-auto max-h-[500px] w-[420px]">
@@ -421,6 +437,7 @@ export function Map(props: MapProps) {
                                 variant="full"
                                 avgPricePerSqm={avgPricePerSqm}
                                 allPOIs={props.pois}
+                                metricColor={colorFor(property.properties)}
                             />
                         ))}
                     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PropertyCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PropertyCard.tsx
index 5e1d539..dd1b31b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PropertyCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PropertyCard.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
 import useEmblaCarousel from 'embla-carousel-react';
-import { ExternalLink, Footprints, Bike, Train } from 'lucide-react';
+import { ExternalLink, Footprints, Bike, Train, ChevronLeft, ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { PropertyProperties, POIDistanceInfo, POI } from '@/types';
 import { formatDuration, formatPrice, formatInteger, formatPricePerSqmShort, isFiniteNumber, EM_DASH } from '@/utils/format';
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function CardCarousel({ photos, altText }: { photos: string[]; altText?: string
     }
 
     return (
-        <div className="relative w-full h-full" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
+        <div className="relative w-full h-full group" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
             <div
                 className="overflow-hidden h-full focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-primary"
                 ref={emblaRef}
@@ -146,6 +146,23 @@ function CardCarousel({ photos, altText }: { photos: string[]; altText?: string
                     ))}
                 </div>
             </div>
+            {/* Prev / next click targets — visible on hover, always available for keyboard via tabbable buttons. */}
+            <button
+                type="button"
+                aria-label="Previous photo"
+                className="absolute left-0.5 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 flex items-center justify-center w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-black/40 text-white opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 focus-visible:opacity-100 transition-opacity"
+                onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); emblaApi?.scrollPrev(); }}
+            >
+                <ChevronLeft className="w-3 h-3" />
+            </button>
+            <button
+                type="button"
+                aria-label="Next photo"
+                className="absolute right-0.5 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 flex items-center justify-center w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-black/40 text-white opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 focus-visible:opacity-100 transition-opacity"
+                onClick={e => { e.stopPropagation(); emblaApi?.scrollNext(); }}
+            >
+                <ChevronRight className="w-3 h-3" />
+            </button>
             <div className="absolute bottom-1 left-0 right-0 flex justify-center gap-1">
                 {photos.map((_, i) => (
                     <div
@@ -167,6 +184,10 @@ interface PropertyCardProps {
     avgPricePerSqm?: number;
     allPOIs?: POI[];
     onClick?: () => void;
+    // Optional per-card color matching the heatmap gradient for the active map
+    // metric (preserves the "color code" when multiple properties are visible
+    // at the same place). Rendered as a left-edge stripe on the full variant.
+    metricColor?: string;
 }
 
 export function PropertyCard({
@@ -176,6 +197,7 @@ export function PropertyCard({
     avgPricePerSqm,
     allPOIs,
     onClick,
+    metricColor,
 }: PropertyCardProps) {
     // BUY listings may have null numeric / date fields; render "—" at the JSX leaf
     // when the source is null/undefined/non-finite so the user can't mistake a missing
@@ -276,10 +298,12 @@ export function PropertyCard({
     // Full variant
     return (
         <div
-            className={`rounded-lg border bg-card shadow-sm hover:shadow-md transition-shadow overflow-hidden ${
+            className={`relative rounded-lg border bg-card shadow-sm hover:shadow-md transition-shadow overflow-hidden ${
                 isHighlighted ? 'ring-2 ring-primary' : ''
             }`}
             onClick={handleClick}
+            style={metricColor ? { borderLeft: `4px solid ${metricColor}` } : undefined}
+            title={metricColor ? 'Color matches the map heatmap value for this property' : undefined}
         >
             {/* Image section with 16:10 aspect ratio */}
             <div className="relative aspect-[16/10] bg-muted">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/__tests__/PropertyCard.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/PropertyCard.test.tsx
index 9bf3b8f..4d7bcc5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/__tests__/PropertyCard.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/PropertyCard.test.tsx
@@ -187,4 +187,40 @@ describe('PropertyCard', () => {
     expect(container.textContent).toContain('4m');
     expect(container.textContent).toContain('15m');
   });
+
+  // metricColor regression: full-variant card in multi-property popup
+  // shows a left-border stripe matching the heatmap gradient.
+  it('renders metricColor as a left-edge stripe on the full variant', () => {
+    const property = createMockProperty({ qmprice: 50 });
+    const { container } = render(
+      <PropertyCard property={property} variant="full" metricColor="rgb(34, 197, 94)" />,
+    );
+    const root = container.firstElementChild as HTMLElement;
+    expect(root.style.borderLeft).toContain('rgb(34, 197, 94)');
+    expect(root.title).toMatch(/color matches the map heatmap/i);
+  });
+
+  it('omits the left-edge stripe when metricColor is not provided', () => {
+    const property = createMockProperty();
+    const { container } = render(<PropertyCard property={property} variant="full" />);
+    const root = container.firstElementChild as HTMLElement;
+    expect(root.style.borderLeft).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  // CardCarousel arrow regression: multi-photo cards expose prev/next buttons.
+  it('renders prev/next photo buttons when there are multiple photos', () => {
+    const property = createMockProperty({
+      photos: ['https://example.com/a.jpg', 'https://example.com/b.jpg', 'https://example.com/c.jpg'],
+    });
+    const { container } = render(<PropertyCard property={property} />);
+    expect(container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Previous photo"]')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Next photo"]')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('does not render carousel buttons for single-photo cards', () => {
+    const property = createMockProperty({ photos: [], photo_thumbnail: 'https://example.com/one.jpg' });
+    const { container } = render(<PropertyCard property={property} />);
+    expect(container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Previous photo"]')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Next photo"]')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/constants/__tests__/index.test.ts b/frontend/src/constants/__tests__/index.test.ts
index ac93bef..41eef39 100644
--- a/frontend/src/constants/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/constants/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { MAP_CONFIG } from '@/constants';
+import {
+  LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS,
+  HIGH_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS,
+  interpolateMetricColor,
+} from '@/constants/colorSchemes';
 
 describe('MAP_CONFIG', () => {
   describe('B18 — default map center is London', () => {
@@ -34,3 +39,33 @@ describe('MAP_CONFIG', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('interpolateMetricColor', () => {
+  it('returns null for invalid inputs (NaN value, max <= min)', () => {
+    expect(interpolateMetricColor(NaN, 0, 100, LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS)).toBeNull();
+    expect(interpolateMetricColor(50, 100, 100, LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS)).toBeNull();
+    expect(interpolateMetricColor(50, 50, 0, LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('returns the LOW_IS_GOOD start (green) for value at min', () => {
+    const c = interpolateMetricColor(0, 0, 100, LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS);
+    expect(c).toBe('rgb(34, 197, 94)');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the LOW_IS_GOOD end (red) for value at max', () => {
+    const c = interpolateMetricColor(100, 0, 100, LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS);
+    expect(c).toBe('rgb(239, 68, 68)');
+  });
+
+  it('inverts for HIGH_IS_GOOD (small → red, large → green)', () => {
+    expect(interpolateMetricColor(0, 0, 100, HIGH_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS)).toBe('rgb(239, 68, 68)');
+    expect(interpolateMetricColor(100, 0, 100, HIGH_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS)).toBe('rgb(34, 197, 94)');
+  });
+
+  it('clamps out-of-range values to the gradient endpoints', () => {
+    const below = interpolateMetricColor(-9999, 0, 100, LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS);
+    const above = interpolateMetricColor(9999, 0, 100, LOW_IS_GOOD_COLOR_STOPS);
+    expect(below).toBe('rgb(34, 197, 94)');
+    expect(above).toBe('rgb(239, 68, 68)');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/constants/colorSchemes.ts b/frontend/src/constants/colorSchemes.ts
index ff198d3..dafcd47 100644
--- a/frontend/src/constants/colorSchemes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/constants/colorSchemes.ts
@@ -91,3 +91,50 @@ export const COLOR_SCHEME_NAMES = {
   HIGH_IS_GOOD: 'Red → Green (high is good)',
   LEGACY: 'Classic (blue → orange)',
 } as const;
+
+// Parse an "rgba(R, G, B, A)" or "rgb(R, G, B)" string into numeric components.
+function parseRgba(s: string): { r: number; g: number; b: number; a: number } | null {
+  const m = s.match(/rgba?\(\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*(?:,\s*([\d.]+)\s*)?\)/);
+  if (!m) return null;
+  return {
+    r: Number(m[1]),
+    g: Number(m[2]),
+    b: Number(m[3]),
+    a: m[4] !== undefined ? Number(m[4]) : 1,
+  };
+}
+
+// Interpolate a metric value through the color-stop ramp scaled to [min, max].
+// Used to "preserve the color code" on per-property cards in the multi-property
+// popup so each card visually reflects the same heatmap gradient.
+export function interpolateMetricColor(
+  value: number,
+  min: number,
+  max: number,
+  stops: [number, string][],
+): string | null {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(value) || !Number.isFinite(min) || !Number.isFinite(max) || max <= min) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const pct = Math.max(0, Math.min(100, ((value - min) / (max - min)) * 100));
+  // Find the two stops bracketing pct.
+  let lo = stops[0];
+  let hi = stops[stops.length - 1];
+  for (let i = 0; i < stops.length - 1; i++) {
+    if (pct >= stops[i][0] && pct <= stops[i + 1][0]) {
+      lo = stops[i];
+      hi = stops[i + 1];
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  const a = parseRgba(lo[1]);
+  const b = parseRgba(hi[1]);
+  if (!a || !b) return null;
+  const t = hi[0] === lo[0] ? 0 : (pct - lo[0]) / (hi[0] - lo[0]);
+  const r = Math.round(a.r + (b.r - a.r) * t);
+  const g = Math.round(a.g + (b.g - a.g) * t);
+  const bl = Math.round(a.b + (b.b - a.b) * t);
+  // Opaque output — the heatmap stops use 0.7 alpha for overlay over basemap,
+  // but a card stripe should be fully visible.
+  return `rgb(${r}, ${g}, ${bl})`;
+}