Kensington and Chelsea · report
New homes in Kensington and Chelsea
68.1% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 250
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.7
Homes started in Kensington and Chelsea
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Kensington and Chelsea |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 250 |
| Mar 2026 | 250 |
| Dec 2025 | 250 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 |
| Jun 2025 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 |
| Dec 2024 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 |
| Jun 2024 | 10 |
| Mar 2024 | 10 |
| Dec 2023 | 20 |
| Sep 2023 | 90 |
| Jun 2023 | 100 |
| Mar 2023 | 250 |
| Dec 2022 | 240 |
| Sep 2022 | 160 |
| Jun 2022 | 170 |
| Mar 2022 | 20 |
| Dec 2021 | 80 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 |
| Jun 2021 | 160 |
| Mar 2021 | 410 |
| Dec 2020 | 360 |
| Sep 2020 | 260 |
| Jun 2020 | 270 |
| Mar 2020 | 40 |
| Dec 2019 | 80 |
| Sep 2019 | 80 |
| Jun 2019 | 170 |
| Mar 2019 | 170 |
| Dec 2018 | 320 |
| Sep 2018 | 350 |
| Jun 2018 | 300 |
| Mar 2018 | 290 |
| Dec 2017 | 110 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 |
| Jun 2017 | 70 |
| Mar 2017 | 110 |
| Dec 2016 | 100 |
| Sep 2016 | 120 |
| Jun 2016 | 90 |
| Mar 2016 | 370 |
| Dec 2015 | 370 |
| Sep 2015 | 340 |
| Jun 2015 | 340 |
| Mar 2015 | 40 |
| Dec 2014 | 50 |
| Sep 2014 | 100 |
| Jun 2014 | 110 |
| Mar 2014 | 90 |
| Dec 2013 | 100 |
| Sep 2013 | 90 |
| Jun 2013 | 160 |
| Mar 2013 | 210 |
| Dec 2012 | 180 |
| Sep 2012 | 790 |
| Jun 2012 | 720 |
| Mar 2012 | 670 |
| Dec 2011 | 1,230 |
| Sep 2011 | 590 |
| Jun 2011 | 580 |
| Mar 2011 | 580 |
| Dec 2010 | 30 |
| Sep 2010 | 30 |
| Jun 2010 | 50 |
| Mar 2010 | 90 |
| Dec 2009 | 80 |
| Sep 2009 | 190 |
| Jun 2009 | 170 |
| Mar 2009 | 130 |
| Dec 2008 | 130 |
| Sep 2008 | 10 |
| Jun 2008 | 10 |
| Mar 2008 | 0 |
| Dec 2007 | 0 |
| Sep 2007 | 10 |
| Jun 2007 | 10 |
| Mar 2007 | 80 |
| Dec 2006 | 90 |
| Sep 2006 | 100 |
| Jun 2006 | 110 |
| Mar 2006 | 50 |
| Dec 2005 | 40 |
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 £881,298 and £1,223,617 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £1,052,457
- Chance of a rise
- 13%
At the average sale price, a home costs £1,204,072. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £5,555 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
- 63%
- Payment, one income
- 127%
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
- £3,739
- Owning per month
- £5,669
Figures for United Kingdom: Kensington and Chelsea 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 20 times since 1995. The deepest began in February 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −28.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 14 months
In 2025 the population fell by 1,517 while 20 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 20
- Population change, 2025
- −1,517
19.2% of the 89,229 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 19.2%
- Empty homes
- 17,155
In 2025, -16% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- -16%