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New homes in Argyll and Bute

68.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
69
Per 1,000 residents
0.8

Homes started in Argyll and Bute

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

  • Argyll and Bute
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodArgyll and Bute
Jun 202669
Mar 202695
Dec 202587
Sep 202579
Jun 202588
Mar 202578
Dec 2024112
Sep 2024115
Jun 2024114
Mar 2024115
Dec 2023110
Sep 2023113
Jun 2023120
Mar 2023128
Dec 2022108
Sep 202296
Jun 2022122
Mar 2022269
Dec 2021276
Sep 2021308
Jun 2021262
Mar 2021129
Dec 2020153
Sep 2020143
Jun 2020170
Mar 2020156
Dec 2019130
Sep 2019480
Jun 2019457
Mar 2019449
Dec 2018883
Sep 2018543
Jun 2018538
Mar 2018536
Dec 2017159
Sep 2017212
Jun 2017246
Mar 2017250
Dec 2016212
Sep 2016139
Jun 2016133
Mar 2016158
Dec 2015206
Sep 2015204
Jun 2015188
Mar 2015174
Dec 2014207
Sep 2014228
Jun 2014269
Mar 2014269
Dec 2013292
Sep 2013272
Jun 2013207
Mar 2013278
Dec 2012245
Sep 2012261
Jun 2012354
Mar 2012278
Dec 2011296
Sep 2011319
Jun 2011352
Mar 2011335
Dec 2010290
Sep 2010282
Jun 2010254
Mar 2010277
Dec 2009320
Sep 2009286
Jun 2009216
Mar 2009219
Dec 2008206
Sep 2008271
Jun 2008284
Mar 2008359
Dec 2007396
Sep 2007363
Jun 2007393
Mar 2007342
Dec 2006328
Sep 2006409
Jun 2006414
Mar 2006460
Dec 2005468
Sep 2005404
Jun 2005496
Mar 2005464
Dec 2004384
Sep 2004398
Jun 2004352
Mar 2004370
Dec 2003408
Sep 2003393
Jun 2003298
Mar 2003253
Dec 2002192
Sep 2002166
Jun 2002220
Mar 2002211
Dec 2001268
Sep 2001282
Jun 2001196
Mar 2001171
Dec 2000139
Sep 2000139
Jun 2000172
Mar 2000199
Dec 1999231
Sep 1999239
Jun 1999248
Mar 1999221
Dec 1998156
Sep 1998149
Jun 1998224
Mar 1998282
Dec 1997401
Sep 1997561
Jun 1997478
Mar 1997667

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 £190,259 and £233,794 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£212,026
Chance of a rise
87%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £192,735. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £889 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
14%
Payment, one income
27%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Argyll and Bute 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: Argyll and Bute 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 12 times since 2004. The deepest began in October 2007.

Deepest fall
−22.7%
Recovery from the low
94 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 490 while 59 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
59
Population change, 2025
−490

Renovation

In 2026, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
5%