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New homes in Rhondda Cynon Taf

55.2% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
413
Per 1,000 residents
1.7

Homes started in Rhondda Cynon Taf

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

  • Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodRhondda Cynon Taf
Jun 2026413
Mar 2026368
Dec 2025351
Sep 2025358
Jun 2025317
Mar 2025323
Dec 2024266
Sep 2024251
Jun 2024245
Mar 2024215
Dec 2023232
Sep 2023235
Jun 2023229
Mar 2023228
Mar 2020154
Dec 2019141
Sep 2019117
Jun 201994
Mar 201995
Dec 2018140
Sep 2018181
Jun 2018219
Mar 2018264
Dec 2017290
Sep 2017341
Jun 2017493
Mar 2017436
Dec 2016395
Sep 2016327
Jun 2016171
Mar 2016301
Dec 2015449
Sep 2015542
Jun 2015634
Mar 2015580
Dec 2014466
Sep 2014422
Jun 2014378
Mar 2014358
Dec 2013341
Sep 2013392
Jun 2013381
Mar 2013358
Dec 2012385
Sep 2012300
Jun 2012308
Mar 2012332
Dec 2011339
Sep 2011312
Jun 2011284
Mar 2011282
Dec 2010281
Sep 2010307
Jun 2010319
Mar 2010278
Dec 2009220
Sep 2009224
Jun 2009181
Mar 2009213
Dec 2008233
Sep 2008344
Jun 2008433
Mar 2008449
Dec 2007491
Sep 2007431
Jun 2007446
Mar 2007514
Dec 2006549
Sep 2006545
Jun 2006541
Mar 2006476
Dec 2005418
Sep 2005401
Jun 2005400
Mar 2005441
Dec 2004509
Sep 2004584
Jun 2004673
Mar 2004736
Dec 2003779
Sep 2003769
Jun 2003766
Mar 2003712
Dec 2002715
Sep 2002670
Jun 2002631
Mar 2002661
Dec 2001639
Sep 2001681
Jun 2001604
Mar 2001590
Dec 2000575
Sep 2000598
Jun 2000643
Mar 2000582
Dec 1999522
Sep 1999430
Jun 1999447
Mar 1999526
Dec 1998556
Sep 1998597
Jun 1998608
Mar 1998625
Dec 1997682
Sep 1997707
Jun 1997692
Mar 1997640

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 £161,765 and £182,077 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£171,921
Chance of a rise
80%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £165,213. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £762 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
13%
Payment, one income
26%

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
£747
Owning per month
£778

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 12 times since 1995. The deepest began in October 2007.

Deepest fall
−23.7%
Recovery from the low
57 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 766 while 302 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
302
Population change, 2025
−766

Empty homes

6.5% of the 110,752 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
6.5%
Empty homes
7,220