Carmarthenshire · report

New homes in Carmarthenshire

24.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 193
Per 1,000 residents: 1.0

Homes started in Carmarthenshire

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

Carmarthenshire
Ten-year average

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Period	Carmarthenshire
Jun 2026	193
Mar 2026	205
Dec 2025	226
Sep 2025	258
Jun 2025	252
Mar 2025	247
Dec 2024	217
Sep 2024	211
Jun 2024	193
Mar 2024	212
Dec 2023	210
Sep 2023	179
Jun 2023	207
Mar 2023	194
Mar 2020	184
Dec 2019	221
Sep 2019	248
Jun 2019	281
Mar 2019	257
Dec 2018	229
Sep 2018	218
Jun 2018	224
Mar 2018	257
Dec 2017	324
Sep 2017	411
Jun 2017	440
Mar 2017	399
Dec 2016	382
Sep 2016	303
Jun 2016	295
Mar 2016	374
Dec 2015	363
Sep 2015	391
Jun 2015	378
Mar 2015	322
Dec 2014	377
Sep 2014	377
Jun 2014	413
Mar 2014	440
Dec 2013	345
Sep 2013	338
Jun 2013	293
Mar 2013	250
Dec 2012	298
Sep 2012	290
Jun 2012	376
Mar 2012	469
Dec 2011	503
Sep 2011	526
Jun 2011	510
Mar 2011	479
Dec 2010	471
Sep 2010	455
Jun 2010	410
Mar 2010	362
Dec 2009	313
Sep 2009	312
Jun 2009	299
Mar 2009	349
Dec 2008	476
Sep 2008	584
Jun 2008	672
Mar 2008	710
Dec 2007	669
Sep 2007	670
Jun 2007	682
Mar 2007	719
Dec 2006	690
Sep 2006	706
Jun 2006	796
Mar 2006	818
Dec 2005	863
Sep 2005	882
Jun 2005	801
Mar 2005	825
Dec 2004	837
Sep 2004	776
Jun 2004	778
Mar 2004	763
Dec 2003	788
Sep 2003	753
Jun 2003	714
Mar 2003	672
Dec 2002	567
Sep 2002	582
Jun 2002	534
Mar 2002	451
Dec 2001	418
Sep 2001	365
Jun 2001	341
Mar 2001	321
Dec 2000	336
Sep 2000	336
Jun 2000	374
Mar 2000	402
Dec 1999	361
Sep 1999	386
Jun 1999	366
Mar 1999	371
Dec 1998	515
Sep 1998	519
Jun 1998	516
Mar 1998	531
Dec 1997	480
Sep 1997	467
Jun 1997	453
Mar 1997	429

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 £183,840 and £205,591 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £194,716
Chance of a rise: 47%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £195,263. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £901 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: 29%

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: £690
Owning per month: £919

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Carmarthenshire 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 7 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.

Deepest fall: −22.9%
Recovery from the low: 125 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 318 while 217 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025: 217
Population change, 2025: −318

Empty homes

7.7% of the 89,404 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census: 7.7%
Empty homes: 6,875