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New homes in East Ayrshire

37.6% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
248
Per 1,000 residents
2.0

Homes started in East Ayrshire

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

  • East Ayrshire
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEast Ayrshire
Jun 2026248
Mar 2026199
Dec 2025173
Sep 2025164
Jun 2025148
Mar 2025208
Dec 2024240
Sep 2024249
Jun 2024662
Mar 2024647
Dec 2023600
Sep 2023603
Jun 2023411
Mar 2023358
Dec 2022379
Sep 2022460
Jun 2022214
Mar 2022217
Dec 2021517
Sep 2021497
Jun 2021600
Mar 2021586
Dec 2020233
Sep 2020313
Jun 2020240
Mar 2020490
Dec 2019550
Sep 2019601
Jun 2019622
Mar 2019485
Dec 2018456
Sep 2018291
Jun 2018286
Mar 2018298
Dec 2017446
Sep 2017581
Jun 2017603
Mar 2017529
Dec 2016347
Sep 2016142
Jun 201677
Mar 2016129
Dec 2015175
Sep 2015182
Jun 2015271
Mar 2015262
Dec 2014282
Sep 2014314
Jun 2014278
Mar 2014192
Dec 2013123
Sep 201387
Jun 201340
Mar 201371
Dec 2012199
Sep 2012312
Jun 2012539
Mar 2012611
Dec 2011517
Sep 2011423
Jun 2011201
Mar 2011315
Dec 2010407
Sep 2010453
Jun 2010499
Mar 2010414
Dec 2009398
Sep 2009335
Jun 2009519
Mar 2009488
Dec 2008530
Sep 2008833
Jun 2008845
Mar 2008854
Dec 20071,034
Sep 2007910
Jun 20071,000
Mar 20071,272
Dec 20061,139
Sep 20061,241
Jun 2006918
Mar 2006956
Dec 2005803
Sep 2005582
Jun 2005583
Mar 2005241
Dec 2004254
Sep 2004278
Jun 2004314
Mar 2004298
Dec 2003253
Sep 2003259
Jun 2003261
Mar 2003235
Dec 2002242
Sep 2002248
Jun 2002311
Mar 2002310
Dec 2001370
Sep 2001497
Jun 2001448
Mar 2001579
Dec 2000691
Sep 2000503
Jun 2000500
Mar 2000365
Dec 1999272
Sep 1999281
Jun 1999269
Mar 1999313
Dec 1998263
Sep 1998282
Jun 1998518
Mar 1998539
Dec 1997718
Sep 1997659
Jun 1997460
Mar 1997401

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 East Ayrshire

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £138,902 and £165,306 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£152,104
Chance of a rise
91%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £138,206. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £638 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
10%
Payment, one income
20%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: East Ayrshire has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning the average home costs less each month than renting 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
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: East Ayrshire 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 8 times since 2004. The deepest began in June 2008.

Deepest fall
−30.0%
Recovery from the low
101 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1 while 298 homes were finished: 0.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.0
Population change, 2025
+1

Renovation

In 2026, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
5%