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New homes in Rochford

32.3% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
210
Per 1,000 residents
2.3

Homes started in Rochford

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

  • Rochford
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodRochford
Jun 2026210
Mar 2026240
Dec 2025240
Sep 2025210
Jun 2025210
Mar 2025180
Dec 2024160
Sep 2024170
Jun 2024120
Mar 2024360
Dec 2023430
Sep 2023440
Jun 2023530
Mar 2023280
Dec 2022230
Sep 2022260
Jun 2022260
Mar 2022380
Dec 2021460
Sep 2021520
Jun 2021570
Mar 2021470
Dec 2020460
Sep 2020440
Jun 2020360
Mar 2020360
Dec 2019300
Sep 2019250
Jun 2019320
Mar 2019290
Dec 2018280
Sep 2018240
Jun 2018180
Mar 2018220
Dec 2017280
Sep 2017320
Jun 2017340
Mar 2017340
Dec 2016270
Sep 2016230
Jun 2016150
Mar 2016110
Dec 2015100
Sep 2015110
Jun 2015120
Mar 2015130
Dec 2014150
Sep 2014140
Jun 2014220
Mar 2014220
Dec 2013240
Sep 2013260
Jun 2013190
Mar 2013150
Dec 2012100
Sep 201270
Jun 201250
Mar 201290
Dec 2011100
Sep 2011100
Jun 2011100
Mar 201170
Dec 201080
Sep 201070
Jun 201050
Mar 201080
Dec 200950
Sep 200950
Jun 200960
Mar 200950
Dec 200880
Sep 2008120
Jun 2008160
Mar 2008160
Dec 2007200
Sep 2007210
Jun 2007180
Mar 2007250
Dec 2006260
Sep 2006260
Jun 2006290
Mar 2006360
Dec 2005300

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 £377,748 and £419,874 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£398,811
Chance of a rise
35%

At the average sale price, a home costs £405,340. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,870 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
25%
Payment, one income
50%

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
£1,302
Owning per month
£1,908

Figures for United Kingdom: Rochford 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 8 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall
−18.3%
Recovery from the low
61 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,234 while 250 homes were finished: 4.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.9
Population change, 2025
+1,234

2.9% of the 36,664 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
2.9%
Empty homes
1,065

In 2025, 10% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
10%