South Ayrshire · report

New homes in South Ayrshire

35.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 154
Per 1,000 residents: 1.4

Homes started in South Ayrshire

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

South Ayrshire
Ten-year average

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Period	South Ayrshire
Jun 2026	154
Mar 2026	161
Dec 2025	171
Sep 2025	146
Jun 2025	150
Mar 2025	142
Dec 2024	232
Sep 2024	323
Jun 2024	314
Mar 2024	306
Dec 2023	230
Sep 2023	157
Jun 2023	342
Mar 2023	370
Dec 2022	381
Sep 2022	486
Jun 2022	317
Mar 2022	319
Dec 2021	417
Sep 2021	309
Jun 2021	259
Mar 2021	203
Dec 2020	155
Sep 2020	166
Jun 2020	183
Mar 2020	194
Dec 2019	109
Sep 2019	76
Jun 2019	77
Mar 2019	173
Dec 2018	237
Sep 2018	243
Jun 2018	265
Mar 2018	225
Dec 2017	225
Sep 2017	237
Jun 2017	336
Mar 2017	293
Dec 2016	245
Sep 2016	274
Jun 2016	223
Mar 2016	296
Dec 2015	405
Sep 2015	482
Jun 2015	532
Mar 2015	454
Dec 2014	380
Sep 2014	262
Jun 2014	148
Mar 2014	163
Dec 2013	143
Sep 2013	168
Jun 2013	174
Mar 2013	175
Dec 2012	129
Sep 2012	185
Jun 2012	157
Mar 2012	182
Dec 2011	242
Sep 2011	237
Jun 2011	273
Mar 2011	226
Dec 2010	222
Sep 2010	196
Jun 2010	169
Mar 2010	177
Dec 2009	185
Sep 2009	181
Jun 2009	194
Mar 2009	223
Dec 2008	321
Sep 2008	387
Jun 2008	398
Mar 2008	397
Dec 2007	264
Sep 2007	245
Jun 2007	265
Mar 2007	280
Dec 2006	396
Sep 2006	322
Jun 2006	306
Mar 2006	312
Dec 2005	252
Sep 2005	265
Jun 2005	282
Mar 2005	337
Dec 2004	328
Sep 2004	441
Jun 2004	520
Mar 2004	481
Dec 2003	530
Sep 2003	448
Jun 2003	408
Mar 2003	378
Dec 2002	308
Sep 2002	357
Jun 2002	311
Mar 2002	304
Dec 2001	394
Sep 2001	289
Jun 2001	356
Mar 2001	346
Dec 2000	306
Sep 2000	483
Jun 2000	405
Mar 2000	432
Dec 1999	353
Sep 1999	199
Jun 1999	506
Mar 1999	620
Dec 1998	657
Sep 1998	654
Jun 1998	353
Mar 1998	354
Dec 1997	510
Sep 1997	509
Jun 1997	495
Mar 1997	366

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 South Ayrshire

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £162,539 and £211,361 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £186,950
Chance of a rise: 77%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £173,126. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £799 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: 11%
Payment, one income: 22%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: South Ayrshire 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: South Ayrshire 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 8 times since 2004. The deepest began in August 2007.

Deepest fall: −21.0%
Recovery from the low: 93 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 8 while 192 homes were finished: 0.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025: 0.0
Population change, 2025: +8

Renovation

In 2026, 3% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026: 3%