Central Bedfordshire · report
New homes in Central Bedfordshire
16.4% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 1,320
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.1
Homes started in Central Bedfordshire
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Central Bedfordshire
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Central Bedfordshire |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,320 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,500 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,690 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,630 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,540 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,310 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,040 |
| Sep 2024 | 890 |
| Jun 2024 | 590 |
| Mar 2024 | 700 |
| Dec 2023 | 730 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,120 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,470 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,750 |
| Dec 2022 | 2,100 |
| Sep 2022 | 2,050 |
| Jun 2022 | 2,330 |
| Mar 2022 | 2,440 |
| Dec 2021 | 2,630 |
| Sep 2021 | 2,640 |
| Jun 2021 | 2,570 |
| Mar 2021 | 2,010 |
| Dec 2020 | 1,780 |
| Sep 2020 | 1,630 |
| Jun 2020 | 1,490 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,620 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,470 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,430 |
| Jun 2019 | 1,220 |
| Mar 2019 | 1,190 |
| Dec 2018 | 1,190 |
| Sep 2018 | 1,280 |
| Jun 2018 | 1,410 |
| Mar 2018 | 1,460 |
| Dec 2017 | 1,570 |
| Sep 2017 | 1,620 |
| Jun 2017 | 1,650 |
| Mar 2017 | 1,740 |
| Dec 2016 | 1,730 |
| Sep 2016 | 1,620 |
| Jun 2016 | 1,510 |
| Mar 2016 | 1,360 |
| Dec 2015 | 1,230 |
| Sep 2015 | 1,180 |
| Jun 2015 | 1,260 |
| Mar 2015 | 1,320 |
| Dec 2014 | 1,320 |
| Sep 2014 | 1,410 |
| Jun 2014 | 1,330 |
| Mar 2014 | 1,360 |
| Dec 2013 | 1,310 |
| Sep 2013 | 1,120 |
| Jun 2013 | 1,180 |
| Mar 2013 | 1,010 |
| Dec 2012 | 980 |
| Sep 2012 | 1,090 |
| Jun 2012 | 990 |
| Mar 2012 | 960 |
| Dec 2011 | 870 |
| Sep 2011 | 810 |
| Jun 2011 | 800 |
| Mar 2011 | 910 |
| Dec 2010 | 1,080 |
| Sep 2010 | 1,060 |
| Jun 2010 | 970 |
| Mar 2010 | 790 |
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 £336,647 and £370,273 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £353,460
- Chance of a rise
- 45%
At the average sale price, a home costs £355,263. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,639 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
- 23%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
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
- £1,258
- Owning per month
- £1,673
Figures for United Kingdom: Central Bedfordshire 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 January 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −19.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 63 months
In 2025 the population grew by 5,569 while 1,420 homes were finished: 3.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 3.9
- Population change, 2025
- +5,569
3.5% of the 125,256 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 3.5%
- Empty homes
- 4,355
In 2025, 4% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 4%