Vale of Glamorgan · report

New homes in Vale of Glamorgan

62.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 183
Per 1,000 residents: 1.4

Homes started in Vale of Glamorgan

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

Vale of Glamorgan
Ten-year average

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Period	Vale of Glamorgan
Jun 2026	183
Mar 2026	181
Dec 2025	167
Sep 2025	119
Jun 2025	86
Mar 2025	109
Dec 2024	113
Sep 2024	142
Jun 2024	202
Mar 2024	220
Dec 2023	228
Sep 2023	249
Jun 2023	288
Mar 2023	343
Mar 2020	747
Dec 2019	792
Sep 2019	918
Jun 2019	823
Mar 2019	814
Dec 2018	692
Sep 2018	579
Jun 2018	628
Mar 2018	688
Dec 2017	762
Sep 2017	798
Jun 2017	829
Mar 2017	740
Dec 2016	746
Sep 2016	776
Jun 2016	820
Mar 2016	843
Dec 2015	781
Sep 2015	708
Jun 2015	535
Mar 2015	445
Dec 2014	449
Sep 2014	406
Jun 2014	365
Mar 2014	330
Dec 2013	235
Sep 2013	177
Jun 2013	132
Mar 2013	108
Dec 2012	108
Sep 2012	114
Jun 2012	145
Mar 2012	135
Dec 2011	160
Sep 2011	173
Jun 2011	149
Mar 2011	135
Dec 2010	94
Sep 2010	84
Jun 2010	65
Mar 2010	86
Dec 2009	80
Sep 2009	83
Jun 2009	113
Mar 2009	119
Dec 2008	125
Sep 2008	137
Jun 2008	122
Mar 2008	121
Dec 2007	119
Sep 2007	86
Jun 2007	82
Mar 2007	74
Dec 2006	104
Sep 2006	159
Jun 2006	206
Mar 2006	314
Dec 2005	365
Sep 2005	365
Jun 2005	387
Mar 2005	349
Dec 2004	349
Sep 2004	454
Jun 2004	435
Mar 2004	444
Dec 2003	466
Sep 2003	382
Jun 2003	409
Mar 2003	473
Dec 2002	484
Sep 2002	513
Jun 2002	551
Mar 2002	587
Dec 2001	651
Sep 2001	643
Jun 2001	693
Mar 2001	587
Dec 2000	568
Sep 2000	608
Jun 2000	520
Mar 2000	584
Dec 1999	526
Sep 1999	483
Jun 1999	481
Mar 1999	431
Dec 1998	448
Sep 1998	464
Jun 1998	493
Mar 1998	531
Dec 1997	447
Sep 1997	407
Jun 1997	509
Mar 1997	435

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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Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £299,202 and £334,343 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £316,772
Chance of a rise: 88%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £300,358. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,386 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: £978
Owning per month: £1,414

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Vale of Glamorgan 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 15 times since 1995. The deepest began in November 2007.

Deepest fall: −18.4%
Recovery from the low: 63 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 7 while 219 homes were finished: 0.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025: 0.0
Population change, 2025: +7

Empty homes

4.7% of the 60,609 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census: 4.7%
Empty homes: 2,830