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New homes in Babergh

6.4% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
450
Per 1,000 residents
4.6

Homes started in Babergh

Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.

  • Babergh
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBabergh
Jun 2026450
Mar 2026450
Dec 2025490
Sep 2025490
Jun 2025460
Mar 2025440
Dec 2024440
Sep 2024400
Jun 2024350
Mar 2024470
Dec 2023550
Sep 2023670
Jun 2023880
Mar 2023900
Dec 2022830
Sep 2022800
Jun 2022750
Mar 2022730
Dec 2021770
Sep 2021810
Jun 2021710
Mar 2021510
Dec 2020410
Sep 2020310
Jun 2020250
Mar 2020340
Dec 2019380
Sep 2019390
Jun 2019500
Mar 2019510
Dec 2018450
Sep 2018390
Jun 2018250
Mar 2018180
Dec 2017190
Sep 2017280
Jun 2017310
Mar 2017290
Dec 2016270
Sep 2016190
Jun 2016180
Mar 2016160
Dec 2015140
Sep 2015130
Jun 2015110
Mar 2015130
Dec 2014130
Sep 2014130
Jun 2014190
Mar 2014210
Dec 2013210
Sep 2013240
Jun 2013240
Mar 2013210
Dec 2012260
Sep 2012230
Jun 2012200
Mar 2012270
Dec 2011270
Sep 2011260
Jun 2011280
Mar 2011260
Dec 2010220
Sep 2010250
Jun 2010220
Mar 2010170
Dec 2009160
Sep 2009140
Jun 2009130
Mar 2009170
Dec 2008190
Sep 2008260
Jun 2008320
Mar 2008350
Dec 2007430
Sep 2007380
Jun 2007360
Mar 2007310
Dec 2006300
Sep 2006300
Jun 2006280
Mar 2006310
Dec 2005280

A start is the first count of a new home in the UK: no nation counts homes granted planning permission. Most starts are finished one to two years later. England's and Wales's counts come from building control, which misses some homes; Scotland counts housing association approvals as starts; Northern Ireland's begin in 2015.

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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £321,164 and £362,179 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£341,672
Chance of a rise
74%

At the average sale price, a home costs £331,207. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,528 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes
27%
Payment, one income
54%

Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
£970
Owning per month
£1,559

Figures for United Kingdom: Babergh has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
1.8%

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 12 times since 1995. The deepest began in October 2007.

Deepest fall
−22.8%
Recovery from the low
63 months

In 2025 the population grew by 910 while 470 homes were finished: 1.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.9
Population change, 2025
+910

3.5% of the 41,844 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.5%
Empty homes
1,465

In 2025, 6% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
6%