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New homes in Burnley

16.5% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
120
Per 1,000 residents
1.2

Homes started in Burnley

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

  • Burnley
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBurnley
Jun 2026120
Mar 2026130
Dec 2025140
Sep 2025170
Jun 2025150
Mar 2025130
Dec 2024120
Sep 202470
Jun 2024110
Mar 2024160
Dec 2023170
Sep 2023200
Jun 2023180
Mar 2023110
Dec 202290
Sep 2022100
Jun 2022110
Mar 2022150
Dec 2021260
Sep 2021250
Jun 2021230
Mar 2021200
Dec 2020210
Sep 2020180
Jun 2020160
Mar 2020140
Dec 201970
Sep 201960
Jun 2019100
Mar 2019130
Dec 2018250
Sep 2018270
Jun 2018240
Mar 2018220
Dec 201760
Sep 201760
Jun 201760
Mar 201760
Dec 201650
Sep 201680
Jun 2016180
Mar 2016250
Dec 2015250
Sep 2015200
Jun 2015120
Mar 2015120
Dec 2014160
Sep 2014190
Jun 2014180
Mar 2014130
Dec 2013230
Sep 2013240
Jun 2013280
Mar 2013260
Dec 2012140
Sep 2012100
Jun 201250
Mar 2012100
Dec 201170
Sep 201180
Jun 201190
Mar 201130
Dec 201050
Sep 201060
Jun 201050
Mar 201060
Dec 200950
Sep 200940
Jun 200960
Mar 200980
Dec 2008120
Sep 2008130
Jun 2008130
Mar 2008230
Dec 2007260
Sep 2007270
Jun 2007330
Mar 2007260
Dec 2006250
Sep 2006250
Jun 2006180
Mar 2006140
Dec 2005110

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 £137,749 and £158,567 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£148,158
Chance of a rise
92%

At the average sale price, a home costs £136,703. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £631 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
11%
Payment, one income
23%

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
£633
Owning per month
£644

Figures for United Kingdom: Burnley 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 15 times since 1995. The deepest began in August 2007.

Deepest fall
−34.6%
Recovery from the low
94 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,745 while 160 homes were finished: 10.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
10.9
Population change, 2025
+1,745

4.9% of the 41,955 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.9%
Empty homes
2,045

In 2025, 3% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
3%