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New homes in North Somerset

27.1% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
710
Per 1,000 residents
3.1

Homes started in North Somerset

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

  • North Somerset
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodNorth Somerset
Jun 2026710
Mar 2026670
Dec 2025680
Sep 2025590
Jun 2025510
Mar 2025470
Dec 2024330
Sep 2024310
Jun 2024470
Mar 2024720
Dec 2023730
Sep 2023710
Jun 2023780
Mar 2023790
Dec 2022910
Sep 20221,060
Jun 20221,040
Mar 2022930
Dec 2021840
Sep 2021770
Jun 2021620
Mar 2021450
Dec 2020520
Sep 2020450
Jun 2020720
Mar 2020740
Dec 2019640
Sep 2019600
Jun 2019240
Mar 2019240
Dec 2018230
Sep 2018270
Jun 2018310
Mar 2018300
Dec 2017300
Sep 2017310
Jun 2017330
Mar 2017380
Dec 2016370
Sep 2016310
Jun 2016230
Mar 2016180
Dec 2015170
Sep 2015150
Jun 2015170
Mar 2015130
Dec 2014210
Sep 2014210
Jun 2014220
Mar 2014210
Dec 2013320
Sep 2013380
Jun 2013460
Mar 2013530
Dec 2012330
Sep 2012360
Jun 2012390
Mar 2012670
Dec 2011750
Sep 2011720
Jun 2011640
Mar 2011420
Dec 2010460
Sep 2010480
Jun 2010490
Mar 2010470
Dec 2009390
Sep 2009320
Jun 2009350
Mar 2009420
Dec 2008550
Sep 2008750
Jun 2008940
Mar 20081,040
Dec 20071,130
Sep 20071,090
Jun 20071,150
Mar 20071,180
Dec 20061,120
Sep 20061,130
Jun 2006960
Mar 2006810
Dec 2005860

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 £308,850 and £350,959 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£329,905
Chance of a rise
83%

At the average sale price, a home costs £314,307. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,450 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
22%
Payment, one income
44%

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
£1,212
Owning per month
£1,480

Figures for United Kingdom: North Somerset 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 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in October 2007.

Deepest fall
−21.1%
Recovery from the low
63 months

In 2025 the population grew by 2,460 while 670 homes were finished: 3.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.7
Population change, 2025
+2,460

4.8% of the 99,927 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.8%
Empty homes
4,830

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

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
14%