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New homes in Somerset

32.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
1,130
Per 1,000 residents
1.9

Homes started in Somerset

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

  • Somerset
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodSomerset
Jun 20261,130
Mar 2026910
Dec 2025930
Sep 2025960
Jun 2025920
Mar 2025990
Dec 2024980
Sep 2024950
Jun 2024850
Mar 20241,200
Dec 20231,370
Sep 20231,610
Jun 20231,850
Mar 20231,630
Dec 20221,780
Sep 20221,850
Jun 20222,020
Mar 20222,410
Dec 20212,470
Sep 20212,580
Jun 20212,450
Mar 20211,800
Dec 20201,570
Sep 20201,480
Jun 20201,520
Mar 20201,940
Dec 20192,030
Sep 20191,950
Jun 20191,860
Mar 20191,710
Dec 20181,780
Sep 20181,740
Jun 20181,880
Mar 20181,950
Dec 20171,910
Sep 20171,990
Jun 20171,910
Mar 20171,910
Dec 20161,980
Sep 20161,950
Jun 20162,020
Mar 20162,070
Dec 20152,060
Sep 20152,060
Jun 20152,190
Mar 20152,210
Dec 20142,170
Sep 20142,240
Jun 20142,200
Mar 20142,180
Dec 20132,080
Sep 20131,870
Jun 20131,710
Mar 20131,540
Dec 20121,580
Sep 20121,670
Jun 20121,860
Mar 20121,950
Dec 20112,080
Sep 20112,060
Jun 20111,830
Mar 20112,090
Dec 20101,990
Sep 20102,140
Jun 20102,210
Mar 20101,960
Dec 20091,820
Sep 20091,500
Jun 20091,330
Mar 20091,370
Dec 20081,710
Sep 20082,150
Jun 20082,560
Mar 20082,700
Dec 20072,680
Sep 20072,420
Jun 20072,320
Mar 20072,170
Dec 20062,140
Sep 20062,330
Jun 20062,520
Mar 20062,560
Dec 20052,580

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 Somerset

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £276,723 and £301,668 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£289,196
Chance of a rise
75%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £282,498. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,303 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
22%
Payment, one income
43%

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
£1,021
Owning per month
£1,330

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Somerset 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 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall
−17.5%
Recovery from the low
76 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 2,813 while 1,020 homes were finished: 2.8 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.8
Population change, 2025
+2,813

Empty homes

5.0% of the 264,935 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.0%
Empty homes
13,115

Renovation

In 2025, 17% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
17%