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New homes in Shropshire

41.3% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
510
Per 1,000 residents
1.5

Homes started in Shropshire

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

  • Shropshire
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodShropshire
Jun 2026510
Mar 2026630
Dec 2025650
Sep 2025620
Jun 2025540
Mar 2025420
Dec 2024350
Sep 2024350
Jun 2024380
Mar 2024510
Dec 2023550
Sep 2023600
Jun 2023730
Mar 2023700
Dec 2022780
Sep 2022870
Jun 2022740
Mar 2022700
Dec 2021780
Sep 2021740
Jun 2021820
Mar 2021790
Dec 2020690
Sep 2020690
Jun 2020770
Mar 2020870
Dec 2019920
Sep 2019990
Jun 2019990
Mar 20191,070
Dec 20181,180
Sep 20181,140
Jun 20181,150
Mar 20181,250
Dec 20171,330
Sep 20171,440
Jun 20171,600
Mar 20171,620
Dec 20161,620
Sep 20161,650
Jun 20161,640
Mar 20161,470
Dec 20151,220
Sep 20151,050
Jun 2015840
Mar 2015900
Dec 2014880
Sep 2014770
Jun 2014790
Mar 2014670
Dec 2013660
Sep 2013680
Jun 2013610
Mar 2013550
Dec 2012560
Sep 2012580
Jun 2012610
Mar 2012590
Dec 2011560
Sep 2011490
Jun 2011390
Mar 2011400
Dec 2010430
Sep 2010460
Jun 2010490
Mar 2010430

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 Shropshire

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £261,056 and £293,088 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£277,072
Chance of a rise
49%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £277,521. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,280 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
21%
Payment, one income
42%

Buy or rent

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
£828
Owning per month
£1,307

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Shropshire 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 5 times since 1995. The deepest began in October 2007.

Deepest fall
−17.6%
Recovery from the low
87 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1,256 while 520 homes were finished: 2.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.4
Population change, 2025
+1,256

Empty homes

5.2% of the 147,757 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.2%
Empty homes
7,660

Renovation

In 2025, 11% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
11%