East Hertfordshire · report
New homes in East Hertfordshire
32.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 500
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.2
Homes started in East Hertfordshire
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- East Hertfordshire
- Ten-year average
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| Period | East Hertfordshire |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 500 |
| Mar 2026 | 710 |
| Dec 2025 | 830 |
| Sep 2025 | 830 |
| Jun 2025 | 880 |
| Mar 2025 | 730 |
| Dec 2024 | 700 |
| Sep 2024 | 750 |
| Jun 2024 | 670 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,150 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,190 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,210 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,300 |
| Mar 2023 | 870 |
| Dec 2022 | 980 |
| Sep 2022 | 990 |
| Jun 2022 | 960 |
| Mar 2022 | 950 |
| Dec 2021 | 770 |
| Sep 2021 | 910 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,090 |
| Mar 2021 | 900 |
| Dec 2020 | 930 |
| Sep 2020 | 720 |
| Jun 2020 | 450 |
| Mar 2020 | 590 |
| Dec 2019 | 520 |
| Sep 2019 | 580 |
| Jun 2019 | 490 |
| Mar 2019 | 550 |
| Dec 2018 | 620 |
| Sep 2018 | 560 |
| Jun 2018 | 620 |
| Mar 2018 | 470 |
| Dec 2017 | 450 |
| Sep 2017 | 460 |
| Jun 2017 | 510 |
| Mar 2017 | 500 |
| Dec 2016 | 400 |
| Sep 2016 | 490 |
| Jun 2016 | 550 |
| Mar 2016 | 590 |
| Dec 2015 | 670 |
| Sep 2015 | 590 |
| Jun 2015 | 480 |
| Mar 2015 | 520 |
| Dec 2014 | 470 |
| Sep 2014 | 380 |
| Jun 2014 | 380 |
| Mar 2014 | 450 |
| Dec 2008 | 380 |
| Sep 2008 | 410 |
| Jun 2008 | 320 |
| Mar 2008 | 340 |
| Dec 2007 | 380 |
| Sep 2007 | 270 |
| Jun 2007 | 260 |
| Mar 2007 | 210 |
| Dec 2006 | 250 |
| Sep 2006 | 280 |
| Jun 2006 | 330 |
| Mar 2006 | 630 |
| Dec 2005 | 540 |
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 £441,224 and £494,382 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £467,803
- Chance of a rise
- 72%
At the average sale price, a home costs £455,973. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £2,104 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
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
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
- £1,550
- Owning per month
- £2,147
Figures for United Kingdom: East Hertfordshire 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 8 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −17.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 57 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,276 while 790 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.6
- Population change, 2025
- +1,276
3.9% of the 64,693 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 3.9%
- Empty homes
- 2,545
In 2025, 4% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 4%