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New homes in Cardiff

6.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
634
Per 1,000 residents
1.7

Homes started in Cardiff

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

  • Cardiff
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCardiff
Jun 2026634
Mar 2026610
Dec 2025507
Sep 2025486
Jun 2025432
Mar 2025412
Dec 2024293
Sep 2024621
Jun 2024780
Mar 2024879
Dec 2023963
Sep 2023695
Jun 2023568
Mar 2023494
Mar 2020862
Dec 2019836
Sep 2019862
Jun 2019833
Mar 2019872
Dec 20181,012
Sep 2018993
Jun 2018957
Mar 20181,042
Dec 2017767
Sep 2017667
Jun 2017613
Mar 2017363
Dec 2016338
Sep 2016338
Jun 2016356
Mar 2016356
Dec 2015419
Sep 2015608
Jun 2015511
Mar 2015533
Dec 2014485
Sep 2014273
Jun 2014370
Mar 2014326
Dec 2013359
Sep 2013401
Jun 2013438
Mar 2013510
Dec 2012506
Sep 2012467
Jun 2012350
Mar 2012255
Dec 2011252
Sep 2011340
Jun 2011428
Mar 2011489
Dec 2010612
Sep 2010555
Jun 2010495
Mar 2010543
Dec 2009447
Sep 2009448
Jun 2009764
Mar 2009972
Dec 20081,100
Sep 20081,561
Jun 20081,631
Mar 20081,925
Dec 20071,821
Sep 20071,780
Jun 20071,806
Mar 20071,509
Dec 20061,851
Sep 20061,498
Jun 20061,473
Mar 20061,541
Dec 20051,980
Sep 20052,384
Jun 20052,423
Mar 20052,189
Dec 20041,684
Sep 20041,633
Jun 20041,675
Mar 20042,199
Dec 20032,159
Sep 20031,945
Jun 20032,019
Mar 20032,004
Dec 20021,895
Sep 20021,855
Jun 20021,705
Mar 20021,323
Dec 20011,327
Sep 20011,240
Jun 20011,504
Mar 20011,533
Dec 20001,457
Sep 20001,385
Jun 2000807
Mar 2000720
Dec 1999948
Sep 19991,059
Jun 19991,171
Mar 19991,160
Dec 19981,121
Sep 19981,225
Jun 19981,217
Mar 19981,462
Dec 19971,359
Sep 19971,290
Jun 19971,295
Mar 19971,152

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 £265,827 and £285,707 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£275,767
Chance of a rise
67%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £272,443. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,257 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
20%
Payment, one income
41%

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
£1,179
Owning per month
£1,283

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Cardiff 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 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall
−18.1%
Recovery from the low
63 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 558 while 1,091 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
1,091
Population change, 2025
−558

Empty homes

4.8% of the 155,939 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.8%
Empty homes
7,525