Inverclyde · report

New homes in Inverclyde

76.9% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 42
Per 1,000 residents: 0.5

Homes started in Inverclyde

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

Inverclyde
Ten-year average

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Period	Inverclyde
Jun 2026	42
Mar 2026	42
Dec 2025	44
Sep 2025	45
Jun 2025	145
Mar 2025	146
Dec 2024	146
Sep 2024	134
Jun 2024	5
Mar 2024	6
Dec 2023	4
Sep 2023	20
Jun 2023	42
Mar 2023	40
Dec 2022	138
Sep 2022	120
Jun 2022	98
Mar 2022	98
Dec 2021	0
Sep 2021	0
Jun 2021	218
Mar 2021	218
Dec 2020	296
Sep 2020	354
Jun 2020	139
Mar 2020	268
Dec 2019	577
Sep 2019	676
Jun 2019	701
Mar 2019	574
Dec 2018	395
Sep 2018	288
Jun 2018	261
Mar 2018	296
Dec 2017	91
Sep 2017	47
Jun 2017	134
Mar 2017	97
Dec 2016	159
Sep 2016	159
Jun 2016	90
Mar 2016	113
Dec 2015	140
Sep 2015	161
Jun 2015	251
Mar 2015	228
Dec 2014	218
Sep 2014	191
Jun 2014	88
Mar 2014	90
Dec 2013	46
Sep 2013	47
Jun 2013	87
Mar 2013	85
Dec 2012	66
Sep 2012	94
Jun 2012	146
Mar 2012	168
Dec 2011	275
Sep 2011	275
Jun 2011	178
Mar 2011	180
Dec 2010	95
Sep 2010	191
Jun 2010	362
Mar 2010	612
Dec 2009	787
Sep 2009	675
Jun 2009	503
Mar 2009	241
Dec 2008	161
Sep 2008	254
Jun 2008	344
Mar 2008	523
Dec 2007	618
Sep 2007	532
Jun 2007	480
Mar 2007	313
Dec 2006	209
Sep 2006	275
Jun 2006	289
Mar 2006	391
Dec 2005	338
Sep 2005	295
Jun 2005	330
Mar 2005	251
Dec 2004	383
Sep 2004	361
Jun 2004	355
Mar 2004	465
Dec 2003	401
Sep 2003	435
Jun 2003	359
Mar 2003	241
Dec 2002	246
Sep 2002	376
Jun 2002	371
Mar 2002	554
Dec 2001	591
Sep 2001	443
Jun 2001	550
Mar 2001	336
Dec 2000	328
Sep 2000	396
Jun 2000	398
Mar 2000	405
Dec 1999	296
Sep 1999	255
Jun 1999	162
Mar 1999	176
Dec 1998	236
Sep 1998	215
Jun 1998	243
Mar 1998	425
Dec 1997	330
Sep 1997	402
Jun 1997	505
Mar 1997	347

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 Inverclyde

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £100,842 and £138,688 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £119,765
Chance of a rise: 64%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £114,526. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £528 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: 9%
Payment, one income: 17%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Inverclyde 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: Inverclyde 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 2004. The deepest began in August 2007.

Deepest fall: −26.6%
Recovery from the low: 25 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 201 while 43 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025: 43
Population change, 2025: −201

Renovation

In 2026, 10% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026: 10%