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Barking and Dagenham · report

New homes in Barking and Dagenham

68.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
220
Per 1,000 residents
0.9

Homes started in Barking and Dagenham

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

  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBarking and Dagenham
Jun 2026220
Mar 202640
Dec 2025100
Sep 2025170
Jun 2025180
Mar 2025180
Dec 2024740
Sep 2024670
Jun 2024680
Mar 20241,000
Dec 20231,310
Sep 20231,350
Jun 20231,850
Mar 20231,830
Dec 20221,040
Sep 20221,030
Jun 2022650
Mar 2022520
Dec 2021830
Sep 2021930
Jun 20211,000
Mar 2021920
Dec 2020570
Sep 2020430
Jun 2020750
Mar 2020890
Dec 2019840
Sep 2019960
Jun 2019510
Mar 2019360
Dec 2018420
Sep 2018300
Jun 2018460
Mar 2018680
Dec 2017560
Sep 2017560
Jun 2017470
Mar 2017290
Dec 2016510
Sep 2016710
Jun 2016670
Mar 2016570
Dec 2015380
Sep 2015240
Jun 2015260
Mar 2015320
Dec 2014330
Sep 2014320
Jun 2014410
Mar 2014600
Dec 2013610
Sep 2013640
Jun 2013540
Mar 2013460
Dec 2012490
Sep 2012540
Jun 2012570
Mar 2012540
Dec 2011570
Sep 2011500
Jun 2011450
Mar 2011400
Dec 2010330
Sep 2010320
Jun 2010220
Mar 2010190
Dec 2009150
Sep 2009100
Jun 2009160
Mar 200990
Dec 2008130
Sep 2008200
Jun 2008150
Mar 2008240
Dec 2007210
Sep 2007170
Jun 2007290
Mar 2007250
Dec 2006530
Sep 2006530
Jun 2006640
Mar 2006910
Dec 2005670

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 £364,887 and £424,818 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£394,853
Chance of a rise
86%

At the average sale price, a home costs £369,881. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,707 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
53%

Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
£1,700
Owning per month
£1,742

Figures for United Kingdom: Barking and Dagenham 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 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in March 2008.

Deepest fall
−24.4%
Recovery from the low
60 months

In 2025 the population grew by 3,433 while 250 homes were finished: 13.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
13.7
Population change, 2025
+3,433

3.9% of the 76,956 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.9%
Empty homes
2,990

In 2025, 1% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
1%