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New homes in Cornwall

34.7% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
1,240
Per 1,000 residents
2.1

Homes started in Cornwall

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

  • Cornwall
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCornwall
Jun 20261,240
Mar 20261,180
Dec 20251,140
Sep 20251,170
Jun 20251,110
Mar 20251,160
Dec 20241,060
Sep 20241,060
Jun 20241,050
Mar 20241,530
Dec 20231,860
Sep 20231,960
Jun 20232,170
Mar 20232,050
Dec 20221,980
Sep 20222,000
Jun 20222,130
Mar 20222,100
Dec 20212,160
Sep 20212,240
Jun 20212,170
Mar 20211,970
Dec 20201,850
Sep 20201,720
Jun 20201,680
Mar 20201,990
Dec 20192,300
Sep 20192,400
Jun 20192,280
Mar 20192,560
Dec 20182,330
Sep 20182,500
Jun 20182,740
Mar 20182,440
Dec 20172,490
Sep 20172,340
Jun 20172,110
Mar 20172,040
Dec 20161,890
Sep 20161,830
Jun 20161,870
Mar 20161,770
Dec 20151,900
Sep 20151,810
Jun 20151,730
Mar 20151,960
Dec 20142,300
Sep 20142,580
Jun 20143,090
Mar 20142,880
Dec 20132,470
Sep 20132,090
Jun 20131,600
Mar 20131,550
Dec 20121,570
Sep 20121,700
Jun 20121,750
Mar 20121,680
Dec 20111,570
Sep 20111,650
Jun 20111,660
Mar 20111,780
Dec 20101,830
Sep 20101,710
Jun 20101,560
Mar 20101,200

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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Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £250,623 and £294,596 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£272,609
Chance of a rise
45%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £274,570. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,267 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
43%

Buy or rent

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
£995
Owning per month
£1,293

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Cornwall 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 November 2007.

Deepest fall
−17.1%
Recovery from the low
101 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 2,481 while 1,510 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.6
Population change, 2025
+2,481

Empty homes

8.3% of the 285,534 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
8.3%
Empty homes
23,630

Renovation

In 2025, 16% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
16%