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New homes in North West Leicestershire

41.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
400
Per 1,000 residents
3.5

Homes started in North West Leicestershire

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

  • North West Leicestershire
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodNorth West Leicestershire
Jun 2026400
Mar 2026420
Dec 2025410
Sep 2025430
Jun 2025470
Mar 2025480
Dec 2024460
Sep 2024410
Jun 2024360
Mar 2024850
Dec 20231,030
Sep 20231,080
Jun 20231,250
Mar 2023850
Dec 2022790
Sep 2022830
Jun 2022780
Mar 2022780
Dec 2021730
Sep 2021730
Jun 2021670
Mar 2021520
Dec 2020500
Sep 2020510
Jun 2020500
Mar 2020650
Dec 2019740
Sep 2019750
Jun 2019850
Mar 2019750
Dec 2018660
Sep 2018630
Jun 2018550
Mar 2018630
Dec 2017700
Sep 2017710
Jun 2017800
Mar 2017840
Dec 2016820
Sep 2016820
Jun 2016730
Mar 2016690
Dec 2015670
Sep 2015650
Jun 2015710
Mar 2015740
Dec 2014810
Sep 2014830
Jun 2014790
Mar 2014730
Dec 2013630
Sep 2013620
Jun 2013580
Mar 2013520
Dec 2012500
Sep 2012530
Jun 2012690
Mar 2012630
Dec 2011660
Sep 2011620
Jun 2011410
Mar 2011450
Dec 2010340
Sep 2010220
Jun 2010160
Mar 2010120
Dec 2009110
Sep 2009120
Jun 2009130
Mar 2009150
Dec 2008180
Sep 2008190
Jun 2008220
Mar 2008250
Dec 2007270
Sep 2007330
Jun 2007300
Mar 2007260
Dec 2006330
Sep 2006310
Jun 2006380
Mar 2006510
Dec 2005460

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 £272,010 and £310,027 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£291,018
Chance of a rise
72%

At the average sale price, a home costs £282,397. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,303 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
20%
Payment, one income
40%

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
£920
Owning per month
£1,330

Figures for United Kingdom: North West Leicestershire 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 12 times since 1995. The deepest began in May 2008.

Deepest fall
−18.0%
Recovery from the low
73 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,370 while 720 homes were finished: 1.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.9
Population change, 2025
+1,370

3.5% of the 46,688 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.5%
Empty homes
1,650

In 2025, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
5%