County Durham · report
New homes in County Durham
17.5% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 1,820
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.4
Homes started in County Durham
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- County Durham
- Ten-year average
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| Period | County Durham |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,820 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,620 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,470 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,480 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,370 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,280 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,290 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,150 |
| Jun 2024 | 940 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,270 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,570 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,610 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,890 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,810 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,620 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,700 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,590 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,620 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,660 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,760 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,860 |
| Mar 2021 | 1,570 |
| Dec 2020 | 1,550 |
| Sep 2020 | 1,420 |
| Jun 2020 | 1,450 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,450 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,530 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,660 |
| Jun 2019 | 1,690 |
| Mar 2019 | 1,850 |
| Dec 2018 | 1,750 |
| Sep 2018 | 1,610 |
| Jun 2018 | 1,540 |
| Mar 2018 | 1,460 |
| Dec 2017 | 1,440 |
| Sep 2017 | 1,450 |
| Jun 2017 | 1,560 |
| Mar 2017 | 1,600 |
| Dec 2016 | 1,540 |
| Sep 2016 | 1,450 |
| Jun 2016 | 1,290 |
| Mar 2016 | 1,200 |
| Dec 2015 | 1,160 |
| Sep 2015 | 1,210 |
| Jun 2015 | 1,130 |
| Mar 2015 | 1,230 |
| Dec 2014 | 1,330 |
| Sep 2014 | 1,260 |
| Jun 2014 | 1,350 |
| Mar 2014 | 1,290 |
| Dec 2013 | 1,170 |
| Sep 2013 | 1,150 |
| Jun 2013 | 1,040 |
| Mar 2013 | 890 |
| Dec 2012 | 950 |
| Sep 2012 | 910 |
| Jun 2012 | 830 |
| Mar 2012 | 850 |
| Dec 2011 | 740 |
| Sep 2011 | 780 |
| Jun 2011 | 880 |
| Mar 2011 | 1,100 |
| Dec 2010 | 1,150 |
| Sep 2010 | 1,060 |
| Jun 2010 | 920 |
| Mar 2010 | 550 |
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 £140,424 and £159,221 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £149,823
- Chance of a rise
- 89%
At the average sale price, a home costs £140,788. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £650 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
- 12%
- Payment, one income
- 23%
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
- £653
- Owning per month
- £663
Figures for United Kingdom: County Durham 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 9 times since 1995. The deepest began in October 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −25.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 90 months
In 2025 the population grew by 2,238 while 1,420 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.6
- Population change, 2025
- +2,238
5.1% of the 248,104 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 5.1%
- Empty homes
- 12,705
In 2025, 0% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 0%