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New homes in Scottish Borders

17.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
228
Per 1,000 residents
2.0

Homes started in Scottish Borders

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

  • Scottish Borders
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodScottish Borders
Jun 2026228
Mar 202693
Dec 202537
Sep 2025107
Jun 2025144
Mar 2025169
Dec 2024217
Sep 2024145
Jun 2024122
Mar 2024107
Dec 202378
Sep 2023117
Jun 2023112
Mar 2023112
Dec 2022261
Sep 2022299
Jun 2022307
Mar 2022321
Dec 2021298
Sep 2021327
Jun 2021333
Mar 2021321
Dec 2020270
Sep 2020188
Jun 2020422
Mar 2020441
Dec 2019490
Sep 2019554
Jun 2019377
Mar 2019419
Dec 2018340
Sep 2018310
Jun 2018342
Mar 2018377
Dec 2017426
Sep 2017410
Jun 2017354
Mar 2017399
Dec 2016311
Sep 2016329
Jun 2016382
Mar 2016329
Dec 2015340
Sep 2015320
Jun 2015272
Mar 2015288
Dec 2014329
Sep 2014367
Jun 2014349
Mar 2014321
Dec 2013314
Sep 2013307
Jun 2013336
Mar 2013310
Dec 2012314
Sep 2012299
Jun 2012284
Mar 2012276
Dec 2011236
Sep 2011205
Jun 2011277
Mar 2011254
Dec 2010277
Sep 2010378
Jun 2010352
Mar 2010392
Dec 2009430
Sep 2009362
Jun 2009440
Mar 2009560
Dec 2008583
Sep 2008681
Jun 2008803
Mar 2008809
Dec 20071,180
Sep 20071,286
Jun 20071,162
Mar 20071,105
Dec 2006769
Sep 2006592
Jun 2006562
Mar 2006509
Dec 2005451
Sep 2005501
Jun 2005424
Mar 2005466
Dec 2004535
Sep 2004463
Jun 2004594
Mar 2004655
Dec 2003719
Sep 2003817
Jun 2003723
Mar 2003655
Dec 2002673
Sep 2002639
Jun 2002721
Mar 2002684
Dec 2001629
Sep 2001639
Jun 2001551
Mar 2001521
Dec 2000605
Sep 2000452
Jun 2000531
Mar 2000524
Dec 1999332
Sep 1999435
Jun 1999314
Mar 1999280
Dec 1998264
Sep 1998345
Jun 1998310
Mar 1998348
Dec 1997467
Sep 1997423
Jun 1997454
Mar 1997467

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 £198,268 and £227,904 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£213,086
Chance of a rise
94%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £195,045. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £900 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
16%
Payment, one income
32%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Scottish Borders 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
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Scottish Borders 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 9 times since 2004. The deepest began in August 2007.

Deepest fall
−19.6%
Recovery from the low
53 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 390 while 124 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
124
Population change, 2025
−390

Renovation

In 2026, 28% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
28%