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New homes in East Midlands

3.9% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
15,440
Per 1,000 residents
3.0

Homes started in East Midlands

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

  • East Midlands
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEast Midlands
Jun 202615,440
Mar 202615,050
Dec 202515,660
Sep 202515,630
Jun 202515,250
Mar 202513,610
Dec 202412,080
Sep 202410,810
Jun 20249,420
Mar 202416,770
Dec 202319,210
Sep 202321,160
Jun 202325,510
Mar 202321,390
Dec 202222,100
Sep 202221,870
Jun 202221,190
Mar 202220,510
Dec 202119,160
Sep 202119,030
Jun 202117,370
Mar 202113,530
Dec 202013,010
Sep 202012,470
Jun 202012,750
Mar 202015,140
Dec 201914,650
Sep 201914,520
Jun 201914,930
Mar 201915,040
Dec 201815,270
Sep 201815,870
Jun 201815,460
Mar 201814,990
Dec 201715,240
Sep 201714,640
Jun 201714,110
Mar 201714,460
Dec 201614,310
Sep 201614,350
Jun 201614,480
Mar 201614,390
Dec 201514,040
Sep 201513,870
Jun 201513,660
Mar 201513,500
Dec 201413,380
Sep 201412,750
Jun 201412,190
Mar 201411,380
Dec 201310,390
Sep 201310,010
Jun 20139,260
Mar 20138,530
Dec 20128,700
Sep 20128,830
Jun 20129,040
Mar 20129,640
Dec 20119,640
Sep 20119,580
Jun 20119,590
Mar 20119,710
Dec 20109,800
Sep 20109,530
Jun 20109,080
Mar 20107,910
Dec 20097,080
Sep 20096,460
Jun 20096,230
Mar 20097,230
Dec 20089,200
Sep 200811,550
Jun 200814,180
Mar 200815,760
Dec 200716,930
Sep 200717,440
Jun 200717,660
Mar 200718,300
Dec 200618,210
Sep 200618,230
Jun 200617,980
Mar 200618,190
Dec 200518,060

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 Midlands

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £228,866 and £259,883 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£244,375
Chance of a rise
58%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £241,955. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,116 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
19%
Payment, one income
37%

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
£928
Owning per month
£1,139

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: East Midlands 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 10 times since 1968. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall
−18.6%
Recovery from the low
77 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 24,910 while 16,420 homes were finished: 1.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.5
Population change, 2025
+24,910

Empty homes

5.1% of the 2,156,643 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.1%
Empty homes
109,120

Renovation

In 2025, 8% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
8%