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New homes in Northern Ireland

20.4% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
5,539
Per 1,000 residents
2.9

Homes started in Northern Ireland

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

  • Northern Ireland
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodNorthern Ireland
Jun 20265,539
Mar 20266,285
Dec 20256,624
Sep 20257,084
Jun 20257,030
Mar 20256,580
Dec 20246,432
Sep 20246,481
Jun 20246,227
Mar 20245,995
Dec 20235,779
Sep 20235,432
Jun 20235,745
Mar 20236,051
Dec 20226,596
Sep 20226,734
Jun 20227,070
Mar 20227,437
Dec 20217,513
Sep 20217,725
Jun 20217,463
Mar 20216,459
Dec 20206,046
Sep 20206,183
Jun 20206,450
Mar 20207,085
Dec 20197,276
Sep 20197,392
Jun 20197,705
Mar 20198,424
Dec 20188,624
Sep 20188,175
Jun 20187,663
Mar 20187,517
Dec 20177,444
Sep 20177,812
Jun 20178,113
Mar 20177,724
Dec 20167,457
Sep 20167,080
Jun 20167,151
Mar 20167,021

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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Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £202,487. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £934 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
15%
Payment, one income
30%

Buy or rent

Figures for United Kingdom: Northern Ireland has no reliable figures of its own.

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
£1,406
Owning per month
£1,286

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 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 once since 2005. That fall began in Q3 2007.

Deepest fall
−56.6%
Recovery from the low
Not yet

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 677 while 5,843 homes were finished: 0.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.1
Population change, 2025
+677

Empty homes

6.4% of the 821,060 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
6.4%
Empty homes
52,250