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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · report

New homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

25.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
330
Per 1,000 residents
0.8

Homes started in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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

  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Jun 2026330
Mar 2026450
Dec 2025460
Sep 2025580
Jun 2025610
Mar 2025430
Dec 2024390
Sep 2024270
Jun 2024200
Mar 2024210
Dec 2023180
Sep 2023170
Jun 2023390
Mar 2023380
Dec 2022400
Sep 2022400
Jun 2022270
Mar 2022300
Dec 2021400
Sep 2021430
Jun 2021380
Mar 2021510
Dec 2020480
Sep 2020480
Jun 2020580
Mar 2020510
Dec 2019610
Sep 2019640
Jun 2019610
Mar 2019500
Dec 2018410
Sep 2018400
Jun 2018380
Mar 2018520
Dec 2017630
Sep 2017620
Jun 2017710
Mar 2017600
Dec 2016440
Sep 2016540
Jun 2016510
Mar 2016510
Dec 2015660
Sep 2015570
Jun 2015510
Mar 2015660
Dec 2014690
Sep 2014680
Jun 2014790
Mar 2014800
Dec 2013620
Sep 2013670
Jun 2013590
Mar 2013570
Dec 2012610
Sep 2012640
Jun 2012680
Mar 2012620
Dec 2011700
Sep 2011760
Jun 2011920
Mar 20111,030
Dec 20101,070
Sep 2010970
Jun 2010760
Mar 2010660
Dec 2009540
Sep 2009510
Jun 2009700
Mar 2009840
Dec 20081,030
Sep 20081,230
Jun 20081,460
Mar 20081,680
Dec 20071,870
Sep 20071,910
Jun 20071,890
Mar 20072,090
Dec 20062,040
Sep 20062,070
Jun 20062,170
Mar 20061,870
Dec 20051,740

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 £298,604 and £328,451 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£313,527
Chance of a rise
61%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £310,176. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,431 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
23%
Payment, one income
46%

Buy or rent

Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
£1,400
Owning per month
£1,460

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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 5 times since 1995. The deepest began in November 2007.

Deepest fall
−19.8%
Recovery from the low
62 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 2,203 while 180 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
180
Population change, 2025
−2,203

Empty homes

5.6% of the 186,221 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.6%
Empty homes
10,460

Renovation

In 2025, 25% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
25%