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New homes in Birmingham

38.0% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
1,950
Per 1,000 residents
1.7

Homes started in Birmingham

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

  • Birmingham
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBirmingham
Jun 20261,950
Mar 20261,850
Dec 20251,750
Sep 2025590
Jun 2025430
Mar 2025490
Dec 2024560
Sep 2024350
Jun 2024350
Mar 20241,880
Dec 20232,040
Sep 20232,350
Jun 20232,470
Mar 20231,340
Dec 20221,720
Sep 20221,460
Jun 20221,480
Mar 20221,540
Dec 20211,890
Sep 20212,270
Jun 20212,190
Mar 20211,730
Dec 2020930
Sep 2020860
Jun 20201,140
Mar 20201,280
Dec 20191,840
Sep 20191,950
Jun 20191,980
Mar 20192,100
Dec 20181,810
Sep 20181,380
Jun 20181,130
Mar 2018960
Dec 20171,130
Sep 20171,200
Jun 20171,280
Mar 20171,270
Dec 2016830
Sep 2016770
Jun 2016660
Mar 2016630
Dec 2015630
Sep 2015610
Jun 2015600
Mar 2015530
Dec 2014500
Sep 2014550
Jun 2014770
Mar 2014780
Dec 2013870
Sep 2013840
Jun 2013660
Mar 2013710
Dec 2012760
Sep 2012860
Jun 2012800
Mar 2012880
Dec 2011970
Sep 2011910
Jun 20111,000
Mar 20111,020
Dec 2010870
Sep 2010840
Jun 2010910
Mar 2010930
Dec 2009890
Sep 20091,070
Jun 20091,220
Mar 20091,400
Dec 20081,670
Sep 20081,970
Jun 20082,090
Mar 20082,220
Dec 20072,360
Sep 20072,090
Jun 20071,980
Mar 20072,130
Dec 20061,920
Sep 20062,210
Jun 20062,200
Mar 20062,010
Dec 20052,330

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.

Other reports for Birmingham

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £229,506 and £258,017 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£243,761
Chance of a rise
79%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £234,867. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,084 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
18%
Payment, one income
36%

Buy or rent

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
£1,106
Owning per month
£1,106

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Birmingham 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%

Past cycles

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

Deepest fall
−17.4%
Recovery from the low
73 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 5,961 while 990 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
990
Population change, 2025
−5,961

Empty homes

5.0% of the 446,291 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.0%
Empty homes
22,325

Renovation

In 2025, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
5%