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New homes in Scotland

20.7% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
15,543
Per 1,000 residents
2.8

Homes started in Scotland

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

  • Scotland
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodScotland
Jun 202615,543
Mar 202615,660
Dec 202515,450
Sep 202514,885
Jun 202515,815
Mar 202515,566
Dec 202415,904
Sep 202415,619
Jun 202415,814
Mar 202416,646
Dec 202316,550
Sep 202317,051
Jun 202318,348
Mar 202319,713
Dec 202222,042
Sep 202222,613
Jun 202220,761
Mar 202221,005
Dec 202121,684
Sep 202122,456
Jun 202123,646
Mar 202119,365
Dec 202018,857
Sep 202019,657
Jun 202021,128
Mar 202025,336
Dec 201925,077
Sep 201925,377
Jun 201923,919
Mar 201923,340
Dec 201823,431
Sep 201821,175
Jun 201820,201
Mar 201819,704
Dec 201719,492
Sep 201719,328
Jun 201720,329
Mar 201719,596
Dec 201618,278
Sep 201617,983
Jun 201617,461
Mar 201618,175
Dec 201518,583
Sep 201518,762
Jun 201517,954
Mar 201516,716
Dec 201416,984
Sep 201416,172
Jun 201415,642
Mar 201415,766
Dec 201314,635
Sep 201314,563
Jun 201314,086
Mar 201313,649
Dec 201214,016
Sep 201214,055
Jun 201214,208
Mar 201213,940
Dec 201113,445
Sep 201112,688
Jun 201113,687
Mar 201113,662
Dec 201014,576
Sep 201015,595
Jun 201015,434
Mar 201015,207
Dec 200916,332
Sep 200916,350
Jun 200915,928
Mar 200919,522
Dec 200821,900
Sep 200824,966
Jun 200827,246
Mar 200826,774
Dec 200727,130
Sep 200726,366
Jun 200726,538
Mar 200729,002
Dec 200628,971
Sep 200629,035
Jun 200628,819
Mar 200626,360
Dec 200526,185
Sep 200525,612
Jun 200526,594
Mar 200527,003
Dec 200427,460
Sep 200427,828
Jun 200427,665
Mar 200426,999
Dec 200324,182
Sep 200323,665
Jun 200322,753
Mar 200322,273
Dec 200222,213
Sep 200222,440
Jun 200222,972
Mar 200223,177
Dec 200122,907
Sep 200122,551
Jun 200122,524
Mar 200122,313
Dec 200023,066
Sep 200023,261
Jun 200022,987
Mar 200022,645
Dec 199922,607
Sep 199921,527
Jun 199921,120
Mar 199920,507
Dec 199819,580
Sep 199819,935
Jun 199820,768
Mar 199821,677
Dec 199723,141
Sep 199723,417
Jun 199721,883
Mar 199722,014

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.

Other reports for Scotland

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £203,987 and £228,571 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£216,279
Chance of a rise
97%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £198,397. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £915 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
14%
Payment, one income
28%

Buy or rent

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
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Scotland 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 18 times since 1968. The deepest began in May 2008.

Deepest fall
−17.5%
Recovery from the low
53 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1,774 while 17,794 homes were finished: 0.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.1
Population change, 2025
+1,774

Renovation

In 2026, 2% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
2%