Gwynedd · report

New homes in Gwynedd

55.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 77
Per 1,000 residents: 0.6

Homes started in Gwynedd

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

Gwynedd
Ten-year average

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Period	Gwynedd
Jun 2026	77
Mar 2026	64
Dec 2025	64
Sep 2025	64
Jun 2025	64
Mar 2025	66
Dec 2024	98
Sep 2024	139
Jun 2024	163
Mar 2024	180
Dec 2023	150
Sep 2023	145
Jun 2023	150
Mar 2023	135
Mar 2020	122
Dec 2019	177
Sep 2019	220
Jun 2019	220
Mar 2019	247
Dec 2018	188
Sep 2018	171
Jun 2018	175
Mar 2018	164
Dec 2017	185
Sep 2017	284
Jun 2017	297
Mar 2017	345
Dec 2016	346
Sep 2016	262
Jun 2016	271
Mar 2016	224
Dec 2015	203
Sep 2015	166
Jun 2015	113
Mar 2015	81
Dec 2014	86
Sep 2014	115
Jun 2014	147
Mar 2014	233
Dec 2013	257
Sep 2013	253
Jun 2013	244
Mar 2013	161
Dec 2012	167
Sep 2012	149
Jun 2012	143
Mar 2012	157
Dec 2011	133
Sep 2011	134
Jun 2011	129
Mar 2011	136
Dec 2010	179
Sep 2010	189
Jun 2010	210
Mar 2010	197
Dec 2009	160
Sep 2009	143
Jun 2009	130
Mar 2009	132
Dec 2008	125
Sep 2008	129
Jun 2008	201
Mar 2008	217
Dec 2007	234
Sep 2007	252
Jun 2007	176
Mar 2007	191
Dec 2006	190
Sep 2006	164
Jun 2006	158
Mar 2006	148
Dec 2005	124
Sep 2005	143
Jun 2005	173
Mar 2005	153
Dec 2004	162
Sep 2004	158
Jun 2004	146
Mar 2004	147
Dec 2003	195
Sep 2003	184
Jun 2003	195
Mar 2003	197
Dec 2002	154
Sep 2002	163
Jun 2002	155
Mar 2002	177
Dec 2001	174
Sep 2001	170
Jun 2001	164
Mar 2001	157
Dec 2000	169
Sep 2000	167
Jun 2000	164
Mar 2000	154
Dec 1999	132
Sep 1999	140
Jun 1999	202
Mar 1999	206
Dec 1998	229
Sep 1998	252
Jun 1998	182
Mar 1998	157
Dec 1997	155
Sep 1997	153
Jun 1997	181
Mar 1997	179

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 £197,057 and £219,979 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £208,518
Chance of a rise: 71%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £203,555. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £939 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: 17%
Payment, one income: 34%

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: £728
Owning per month: £958

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Gwynedd 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 13 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall: −20.8%
Recovery from the low: 126 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 430 while 170 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025: 170
Population change, 2025: −430

Empty homes

13.1% of the 63,221 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census: 13.1%
Empty homes: 8,280