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New homes in the United Kingdom
9.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 160,909
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.3
Homes started in the United Kingdom
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- United Kingdom
- Ten-year average
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| Period | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 160,909 |
| Mar 2026 | 155,303 |
| Dec 2025 | 150,164 |
| Sep 2025 | 144,124 |
| Jun 2025 | 144,012 |
| Mar 2025 | 138,754 |
| Dec 2024 | 133,970 |
| Sep 2024 | 126,379 |
| Jun 2024 | 117,625 |
| Mar 2024 | 163,992 |
| Dec 2023 | 178,437 |
| Sep 2023 | 193,678 |
| Jun 2023 | 220,755 |
| Mar 2023 | 206,630 |
| Mar 2020 | 185,555 |
| Dec 2019 | 189,512 |
| Sep 2019 | 196,243 |
| Jun 2019 | 198,295 |
| Mar 2019 | 201,238 |
| Dec 2018 | 203,443 |
| Sep 2018 | 200,952 |
| Jun 2018 | 193,876 |
| Mar 2018 | 193,298 |
| Dec 2017 | 193,022 |
| Sep 2017 | 192,212 |
| Jun 2017 | 194,529 |
| Mar 2017 | 191,481 |
| Dec 2016 | 186,124 |
| Sep 2016 | 182,341 |
| Jun 2016 | 178,303 |
| Mar 2016 | 176,184 |
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 £266,699 and £293,608 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £280,154
- Chance of a rise
- 75%
At the average sale price, a home costs £273,037. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,260 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 39%
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
- £1,406
- Owning per month
- £1,286
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 5 times since 1968. The deepest began in September 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −18.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 65 months
In 2025 the population grew by 227,826 while 168,756 homes were finished: 1.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.4
- Population change, 2025
- +227,826