Merthyr Tydfil · report

New homes in Merthyr Tydfil

36.1% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 94
Per 1,000 residents: 1.6

Homes started in Merthyr Tydfil

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

Merthyr Tydfil
Ten-year average

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Period	Merthyr Tydfil
Jun 2026	94
Mar 2026	120
Dec 2025	106
Sep 2025	97
Jun 2025	88
Mar 2025	60
Dec 2024	39
Sep 2024	26
Jun 2024	35
Mar 2024	39
Dec 2023	44
Sep 2023	51
Jun 2023	50
Mar 2023	50
Mar 2020	100
Dec 2019	96
Sep 2019	91
Jun 2019	68
Mar 2019	42
Dec 2018	19
Sep 2018	28
Jun 2018	37
Mar 2018	55
Dec 2017	69
Sep 2017	92
Jun 2017	100
Mar 2017	108
Dec 2016	106
Sep 2016	93
Jun 2016	99
Mar 2016	86
Dec 2015	83
Sep 2015	74
Jun 2015	81
Mar 2015	93
Dec 2014	92
Sep 2014	86
Jun 2014	63
Mar 2014	83
Dec 2013	100
Sep 2013	109
Jun 2013	138
Mar 2013	110
Dec 2012	112
Sep 2012	112
Jun 2012	81
Mar 2012	71
Dec 2011	51
Sep 2011	44
Jun 2011	65
Mar 2011	87
Dec 2010	158
Sep 2010	180
Jun 2010	173
Mar 2010	146
Dec 2009	68
Sep 2009	42
Jun 2009	19
Mar 2009	25
Dec 2008	72
Sep 2008	142
Jun 2008	201
Mar 2008	319
Dec 2007	332
Sep 2007	278
Jun 2007	250
Mar 2007	142
Dec 2006	113
Sep 2006	114
Jun 2006	104
Mar 2006	130
Dec 2005	143
Sep 2005	158
Jun 2005	158
Mar 2005	130
Dec 2004	96
Sep 2004	73
Jun 2004	65
Mar 2004	72
Dec 2003	67
Sep 2003	81
Jun 2003	117
Mar 2003	166
Dec 2002	176
Sep 2002	187
Jun 2002	145
Mar 2002	89
Dec 2001	81
Sep 2001	51
Jun 2001	63
Mar 2001	77
Dec 2000	82
Sep 2000	89
Jun 2000	126
Mar 2000	140
Dec 1999	156
Sep 1999	178
Jun 1999	142
Mar 1999	121
Dec 1998	118
Sep 1998	101
Jun 1998	122
Mar 1998	120
Dec 1997	122
Sep 1997	155
Jun 1997	134
Mar 1997	122

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 £129,981 and £163,053 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £146,517
Chance of a rise: 43%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £148,656. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £686 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: 12%
Payment, one income: 23%

Buy or rent

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: £754
Owning per month: £700

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Merthyr Tydfil 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 18 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall: −24.3%
Recovery from the low: 77 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 371 while 94 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025: 94
Population change, 2025: −371

Empty homes

5.9% of the 27,491 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census: 5.9%
Empty homes: 1,615