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New homes in Rochdale

7.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
440
Per 1,000 residents
1.9

Homes started in Rochdale

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

  • Rochdale
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodRochdale
Jun 2026440
Mar 2026440
Dec 2025410
Sep 2025400
Jun 2025480
Mar 2025460
Dec 2024420
Sep 2024370
Jun 2024470
Mar 2024700
Dec 2023660
Sep 2023800
Jun 2023590
Mar 2023680
Dec 2022670
Sep 2022510
Jun 2022550
Mar 2022280
Dec 2021490
Sep 2021520
Jun 2021450
Mar 2021400
Dec 2020220
Sep 2020230
Jun 2020320
Mar 2020510
Dec 2019580
Sep 2019570
Jun 2019500
Mar 2019400
Dec 2018440
Sep 2018440
Jun 2018440
Mar 2018400
Dec 2017310
Sep 2017300
Jun 2017570
Mar 2017540
Dec 2016500
Sep 2016630
Jun 2016360
Mar 2016530
Dec 2015710
Sep 2015600
Jun 2015580
Mar 2015450
Dec 2014290
Sep 2014250
Jun 2014220
Mar 2014430
Dec 2013400
Sep 2013550
Jun 2013580
Mar 2013360
Dec 2012530
Sep 2012380
Jun 2012640
Mar 2012680
Dec 2011550
Sep 2011570
Jun 2011320
Mar 2011250
Dec 2010770
Sep 2010800
Jun 2010770
Mar 2010760
Dec 2009200
Sep 2009140
Jun 2009110
Mar 2009120
Dec 2008250
Sep 2008340
Jun 2008540
Mar 2008620
Dec 2007580
Sep 2007480
Jun 2007270
Mar 2007190
Dec 2006210
Sep 2006240
Jun 2006320
Mar 2006530
Dec 2005470

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 £209,488 and £228,900 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£219,194
Chance of a rise
86%

At the average sale price, a home costs £211,022. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £974 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
17%
Payment, one income
34%

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
£859
Owning per month
£994

Figures for United Kingdom: Rochdale 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 5 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.

Deepest fall
−23.7%
Recovery from the low
68 months

In 2025 the population grew by 2,717 while 460 homes were finished: 5.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
5.9
Population change, 2025
+2,717

5.9% of the 95,941 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.9%
Empty homes
5,620

In 2025, 0% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
0%