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Yorkshire and The Humber · report

New homes in Yorkshire and The Humber

11.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
10,870
Per 1,000 residents
1.9

Homes started in Yorkshire and The Humber

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

  • Yorkshire and The Humber
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodYorkshire and The Humber
Jun 202610,870
Mar 202610,390
Dec 202510,180
Sep 202510,140
Jun 202510,180
Mar 20259,560
Dec 20248,620
Sep 20247,610
Jun 20246,320
Mar 202410,320
Dec 202311,580
Sep 202312,780
Jun 202315,370
Mar 202312,870
Dec 202213,360
Sep 202213,840
Jun 202214,540
Mar 202214,810
Dec 202115,120
Sep 202115,270
Jun 202114,470
Mar 202111,990
Dec 202011,640
Sep 202010,870
Jun 202010,410
Mar 202012,030
Dec 201912,390
Sep 201912,910
Jun 201913,900
Mar 201914,390
Dec 201813,650
Sep 201814,020
Jun 201813,230
Mar 201812,800
Dec 201714,630
Sep 201714,160
Jun 201714,080
Mar 201714,060
Dec 201611,880
Sep 201611,860
Jun 201611,200
Mar 201611,140
Dec 201511,480
Sep 201511,310
Jun 201511,700
Mar 201511,590
Dec 201413,840
Sep 201413,860
Jun 201413,510
Mar 201413,000
Dec 20139,710
Sep 20138,940
Jun 20138,080
Mar 20137,500
Dec 20127,350
Sep 20127,220
Jun 20127,390
Mar 20127,780
Dec 20118,180
Sep 20118,320
Jun 20118,680
Mar 20119,660
Dec 20109,570
Sep 20109,450
Jun 20108,680
Mar 20106,720
Dec 20095,790
Sep 20094,960
Jun 20094,930
Mar 20096,400
Dec 20088,650
Sep 200812,160
Jun 200815,310
Mar 200817,980
Dec 200719,880
Sep 200719,260
Jun 200718,990
Mar 200717,390
Dec 200616,480
Sep 200616,370
Jun 200616,380
Mar 200616,530
Dec 200515,860

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 Yorkshire and The Humber

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £192,608 and £229,829 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£211,218
Chance of a rise
55%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £209,266. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £966 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
16%
Payment, one income
32%

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
£869
Owning per month
£985

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Yorkshire and The Humber 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 10 times since 1968. The deepest began in October 2007.

Deepest fall
−17.6%
Recovery from the low
87 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 16,036 while 10,540 homes were finished: 1.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.5
Population change, 2025
+16,036

Empty homes

5.2% of the 2,477,946 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.2%
Empty homes
129,925

Renovation

In 2025, 14% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
14%