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New homes in Leeds

3.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
1,860
Per 1,000 residents
2.2

Homes started in Leeds

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

  • Leeds
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodLeeds
Jun 20261,860
Mar 20262,400
Dec 20252,200
Sep 20252,140
Jun 20251,970
Mar 20251,530
Dec 20241,300
Sep 20241,100
Jun 2024870
Mar 20241,510
Dec 20231,570
Sep 20231,950
Jun 20232,260
Mar 20231,920
Dec 20221,990
Sep 20222,010
Jun 20222,910
Mar 20223,040
Dec 20213,100
Sep 20212,900
Jun 20212,070
Mar 20211,500
Dec 20201,540
Sep 20201,380
Jun 20201,220
Mar 20201,410
Dec 20191,540
Sep 20191,680
Jun 20191,890
Mar 20191,960
Dec 20181,750
Sep 20181,790
Jun 20181,540
Mar 20181,530
Dec 20172,470
Sep 20172,350
Jun 20172,630
Mar 20172,700
Dec 20161,700
Sep 20161,710
Jun 20161,560
Mar 20161,470
Dec 20151,550
Sep 20151,810
Jun 20151,770
Mar 20151,770
Dec 20142,490
Sep 20142,250
Jun 20142,190
Mar 20142,120
Dec 20131,350
Sep 20131,320
Jun 20131,310
Mar 20131,380
Dec 20121,310
Sep 20121,200
Jun 20121,140
Mar 20121,060
Dec 20111,190
Sep 20111,260
Jun 20111,290
Mar 20111,370
Dec 20101,290
Sep 20101,280
Jun 20101,230
Mar 20101,030
Dec 2009910
Sep 2009810
Jun 2009880
Mar 20091,070
Dec 20081,500
Sep 20081,900
Jun 20082,170
Mar 20082,810
Dec 20073,520
Sep 20073,860
Jun 20074,370
Mar 20073,750
Dec 20063,200
Sep 20062,780
Jun 20062,510
Mar 20062,750
Dec 20052,650

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 Leeds

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £242,715 and £262,225 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£252,470
Chance of a rise
79%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £246,385. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,137 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

Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
£1,148
Owning per month
£1,160

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Leeds 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 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall
−19.4%
Recovery from the low
80 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 2,167 while 2,410 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
2,410
Population change, 2025
−2,167

Empty homes

4.3% of the 357,460 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.3%
Empty homes
15,430

Renovation

In 2025, 14% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
14%