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New homes in Bedford
27.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 670
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.4
Homes started in Bedford
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Bedford
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Bedford |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 670 |
| Mar 2026 | 680 |
| Dec 2025 | 610 |
| Sep 2025 | 570 |
| Jun 2025 | 460 |
| Mar 2025 | 470 |
| Dec 2024 | 400 |
| Sep 2024 | 330 |
| Jun 2024 | 330 |
| Mar 2024 | 760 |
| Dec 2023 | 980 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,100 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,480 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,130 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,010 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,060 |
| Jun 2022 | 780 |
| Mar 2022 | 880 |
| Dec 2021 | 850 |
| Sep 2021 | 780 |
| Jun 2021 | 770 |
| Mar 2021 | 500 |
| Dec 2020 | 590 |
| Sep 2020 | 800 |
| Jun 2020 | 900 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,220 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,300 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,180 |
| Jun 2019 | 1,220 |
| Mar 2019 | 1,100 |
| Dec 2018 | 1,000 |
| Sep 2018 | 1,110 |
| Jun 2018 | 1,170 |
| Mar 2018 | 1,270 |
| Dec 2017 | 1,380 |
| Sep 2017 | 1,370 |
| Jun 2017 | 1,320 |
| Mar 2017 | 1,280 |
| Dec 2016 | 1,170 |
| Sep 2016 | 1,120 |
| Jun 2016 | 1,060 |
| Mar 2016 | 980 |
| Dec 2015 | 980 |
| Sep 2015 | 850 |
| Jun 2015 | 910 |
| Mar 2015 | 910 |
| Dec 2014 | 910 |
| Sep 2014 | 890 |
| Jun 2014 | 720 |
| Mar 2014 | 620 |
| Dec 2013 | 580 |
| Sep 2013 | 600 |
| Jun 2013 | 610 |
| Mar 2013 | 600 |
| Dec 2012 | 570 |
| Sep 2012 | 540 |
| Jun 2012 | 480 |
| Mar 2012 | 650 |
| Dec 2011 | 670 |
| Sep 2011 | 690 |
| Jun 2011 | 780 |
| Mar 2011 | 730 |
| Dec 2010 | 790 |
| Sep 2010 | 750 |
| Jun 2010 | 710 |
| Mar 2010 | 590 |
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 £324,661 and £359,150 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £341,905
- Chance of a rise
- 80%
At the average sale price, a home costs £330,462. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,525 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
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- £1,177
- Owning per month
- £1,556
Figures for United Kingdom: Bedford 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 November 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −22.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 63 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,505 while 840 homes were finished: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.8
- Population change, 2025
- +1,505
4.1% of the 78,219 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 4.1%
- Empty homes
- 3,210
In 2025, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 5%