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New homes in South Norfolk

36.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
550
Per 1,000 residents
3.7

Homes started in South Norfolk

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

  • South Norfolk
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodSouth Norfolk
Jun 2026550
Mar 2026520
Dec 2025630
Sep 2025670
Jun 2025800
Mar 2025780
Dec 2024730
Sep 2024600
Jun 2024430
Mar 2024580
Dec 2023700
Sep 2023860
Jun 20231,130
Mar 20231,120
Dec 20221,130
Sep 20221,190
Jun 2022920
Mar 2022920
Dec 2021870
Sep 2021870
Jun 2021950
Mar 2021800
Dec 2020710
Sep 2020570
Jun 2020560
Mar 2020650
Dec 2019690
Sep 2019740
Jun 2019750
Mar 2019750
Dec 2018760
Sep 2018810
Jun 2018920
Mar 20181,080
Dec 20171,250
Sep 20171,300
Jun 20171,380
Mar 20171,360
Dec 20161,280
Sep 20161,180
Jun 20161,020
Mar 2016890
Dec 2015730
Sep 2015710
Jun 2015600
Mar 2015460
Dec 2014510
Sep 2014450
Jun 2014530
Mar 2014600
Dec 2013610
Sep 2013660
Jun 2013640
Mar 2013600
Dec 2012570
Sep 2012600
Jun 2012650
Mar 2012680
Dec 2011580
Sep 2011510
Jun 2011460
Mar 2011560
Dec 2010650
Sep 2010660
Jun 2010660
Mar 2010540
Dec 2009510
Sep 2009470
Jun 2009370
Mar 2009340
Dec 2008350
Sep 2008470
Jun 2008710
Mar 2008880
Dec 2007930
Sep 2007890
Jun 2007770
Mar 2007670
Dec 2006620
Sep 2006550
Jun 2006490
Mar 2006420
Dec 2005370

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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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £289,803 and £320,532 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£305,167
Chance of a rise
42%

At the average sale price, a home costs £307,735. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,420 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%

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
£984
Owning per month
£1,449

Figures for United Kingdom: South Norfolk 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%

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 1995. The deepest began in October 2007.

Deepest fall
−21.0%
Recovery from the low
68 months

In 2025 the population grew by 2,017 while 740 homes were finished: 2.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.7
Population change, 2025
+2,017

3.5% of the 63,849 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.5%
Empty homes
2,250

In 2025, 2% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
2%