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New homes in Croydon

30.3% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
540
Per 1,000 residents
1.3

Homes started in Croydon

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

  • Croydon
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCroydon
Jun 2026540
Mar 2026120
Dec 2025190
Sep 2025200
Jun 2025240
Mar 2025260
Dec 2024230
Sep 2024260
Jun 2024300
Mar 2024430
Dec 2023630
Sep 2023640
Jun 2023640
Mar 2023680
Dec 2022760
Sep 2022980
Jun 20221,170
Mar 20221,090
Dec 20211,730
Sep 20211,740
Jun 20211,740
Mar 20211,760
Dec 20201,000
Sep 2020900
Jun 2020780
Mar 2020770
Dec 2019880
Sep 2019950
Jun 2019970
Mar 20191,040
Dec 2018850
Sep 2018800
Jun 2018910
Mar 2018850
Dec 2017850
Sep 2017710
Jun 2017460
Mar 2017530
Dec 2016680
Sep 2016720
Jun 2016900
Mar 2016830
Dec 2015830
Sep 2015820
Jun 2015770
Mar 20151,000
Dec 20142,140
Sep 20142,330
Jun 20142,260
Mar 20141,960
Dec 2013590
Sep 2013360
Jun 2013350
Mar 2013480
Dec 2012470
Sep 2012440
Jun 2012460
Mar 2012420
Dec 2011510
Sep 2011550
Jun 2011530
Mar 2011440
Dec 2010410
Sep 2010460
Jun 2010420
Mar 2010450
Dec 2009480
Sep 2009500
Jun 2009590
Mar 2009650
Dec 2008700
Sep 2008970
Jun 2008970
Mar 20081,200
Dec 20071,350
Sep 20071,390
Jun 20071,410
Mar 20071,100
Dec 20061,010
Sep 20061,000
Jun 20061,040
Mar 20061,450
Dec 20051,250

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 £390,477 and £427,514 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£408,996
Chance of a rise
80%

At the average sale price, a home costs £396,718. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,830 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
25%
Payment, one income
50%

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
£1,586
Owning per month
£1,868

Figures for United Kingdom: Croydon 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 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall
−19.6%
Recovery from the low
55 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,445 while 500 homes were finished: 2.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.9
Population change, 2025
+1,445

5.9% of the 162,273 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.9%
Empty homes
9,525

In 2025, 34% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
34%