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New homes in Chorley

22.4% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
310
Per 1,000 residents
2.5

Homes started in Chorley

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

  • Chorley
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodChorley
Jun 2026310
Mar 2026340
Dec 2025470
Sep 2025550
Jun 2025590
Mar 2025610
Dec 2024490
Sep 2024450
Jun 2024410
Mar 2024440
Dec 2023460
Sep 2023590
Jun 2023590
Mar 2023500
Dec 2022430
Sep 2022250
Jun 2022210
Mar 2022220
Dec 2021250
Sep 2021270
Jun 2021310
Mar 2021230
Dec 2020170
Sep 2020140
Jun 2020100
Mar 2020150
Dec 2019280
Sep 2019420
Jun 2019530
Mar 2019620
Dec 2018630
Sep 2018530
Jun 2018460
Mar 2018440
Dec 2017320
Sep 2017390
Jun 2017470
Mar 2017400
Dec 2016500
Sep 2016450
Jun 2016410
Mar 2016510
Dec 2015430
Sep 2015450
Jun 2015510
Mar 2015590
Dec 2014680
Sep 2014670
Jun 2014620
Mar 2014460
Dec 2013370
Sep 2013420
Jun 2013450
Mar 2013480
Dec 2012500
Sep 2012470
Jun 2012490
Mar 2012450
Dec 2011490
Sep 2011540
Jun 2011490
Mar 2011570
Dec 2010600
Sep 2010550
Jun 2010470
Mar 2010350
Dec 2009250
Sep 2009170
Jun 2009120
Mar 2009160
Dec 2008170
Sep 2008180
Jun 2008250
Mar 2008320
Dec 2007420
Sep 2007420
Jun 2007410
Mar 2007290
Dec 2006170
Sep 2006160
Jun 2006160
Mar 2006270
Dec 2005340

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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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £206,934 and £232,369 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£219,652
Chance of a rise
62%

At the average sale price, a home costs £216,624. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £999 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
15%
Payment, one income
30%

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
£803
Owning per month
£1,020

Figures for United Kingdom: Chorley 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%

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 12 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall
−17.0%
Recovery from the low
101 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,250 while 410 homes were finished: 3.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.0
Population change, 2025
+1,250

4.1% of the 52,367 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.1%
Empty homes
2,165

In 2025, 4% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
4%