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New homes in East Lothian

16.7% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
908
Per 1,000 residents
7.8

Homes started in East Lothian

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

  • East Lothian
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEast Lothian
Jun 2026908
Mar 2026961
Dec 2025860
Sep 2025786
Jun 2025793
Mar 2025774
Dec 2024768
Sep 2024768
Jun 2024769
Mar 2024777
Dec 2023812
Sep 2023905
Jun 2023906
Mar 2023996
Dec 20221,012
Sep 2022989
Jun 2022889
Mar 2022788
Dec 2021779
Sep 2021730
Jun 2021793
Mar 2021623
Dec 2020669
Sep 2020705
Jun 2020751
Mar 20201,008
Dec 2019986
Sep 2019934
Jun 2019834
Mar 2019806
Dec 2018721
Sep 2018693
Jun 2018747
Mar 2018648
Dec 2017593
Sep 2017520
Jun 2017485
Mar 2017472
Dec 2016593
Sep 2016578
Jun 2016606
Mar 2016496
Dec 2015396
Sep 2015330
Jun 2015239
Mar 2015254
Dec 2014219
Sep 2014291
Jun 2014286
Mar 2014285
Dec 2013321
Sep 2013283
Jun 2013311
Mar 2013337
Dec 2012289
Sep 2012250
Jun 2012250
Mar 2012266
Dec 2011291
Sep 2011375
Jun 2011390
Mar 2011371
Dec 2010396
Sep 2010511
Jun 2010419
Mar 2010468
Dec 2009442
Sep 2009435
Jun 2009483
Mar 2009496
Dec 2008489
Sep 2008338
Jun 2008351
Mar 2008327
Dec 2007328
Sep 2007375
Jun 2007473
Mar 2007705
Dec 2006864
Sep 2006966
Jun 20061,040
Mar 2006833
Dec 2005795
Sep 2005621
Jun 2005440
Mar 2005518
Dec 2004476
Sep 2004476
Jun 2004515
Mar 2004391
Dec 2003298
Sep 2003303
Jun 2003378
Mar 2003334
Dec 2002395
Sep 2002430
Jun 2002310
Mar 2002419
Dec 2001358
Sep 2001392
Jun 2001438
Mar 2001411
Dec 2000365
Sep 2000326
Jun 2000285
Mar 2000256
Dec 1999376
Sep 1999353
Jun 1999425
Mar 1999427
Dec 1998379
Sep 1998440
Jun 1998446
Mar 1998467
Dec 1997438
Sep 1997511
Jun 1997468
Mar 1997440

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 £278,306 and £325,975 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£302,140
Chance of a rise
80%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £286,314. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,321 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
20%
Payment, one income
41%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: East Lothian 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 Lothian 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 12 times since 2004. The deepest began in September 2008.

Deepest fall
−20.0%
Recovery from the low
67 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1,275 while 889 homes were finished: 1.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.4
Population change, 2025
+1,275

Renovation

In 2026, 1% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
1%