Dorset · report
New homes in Dorset
7.7% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 1,200
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.1
Homes started in Dorset
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Dorset
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Dorset |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,200 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,120 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,110 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,020 |
| Jun 2025 | 970 |
| Mar 2025 | 890 |
| Dec 2024 | 810 |
| Sep 2024 | 750 |
| Jun 2024 | 650 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,230 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,450 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,640 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,820 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,900 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,870 |
| Sep 2022 | 2,080 |
| Jun 2022 | 2,100 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,730 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,800 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,500 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,260 |
| Mar 2021 | 910 |
| Dec 2020 | 720 |
| Sep 2020 | 670 |
| Jun 2020 | 810 |
| Mar 2020 | 880 |
| Dec 2019 | 850 |
| Sep 2019 | 850 |
| Jun 2019 | 750 |
| Mar 2019 | 790 |
| Dec 2018 | 760 |
| Sep 2018 | 820 |
| Jun 2018 | 860 |
| Mar 2018 | 850 |
| Dec 2017 | 830 |
| Sep 2017 | 810 |
| Jun 2017 | 840 |
| Mar 2017 | 920 |
| Dec 2016 | 900 |
| Sep 2016 | 860 |
| Jun 2016 | 810 |
| Mar 2016 | 770 |
| Dec 2015 | 900 |
| Sep 2015 | 910 |
| Jun 2015 | 920 |
| Mar 2015 | 970 |
| Dec 2014 | 870 |
| Sep 2014 | 840 |
| Jun 2014 | 760 |
| Mar 2014 | 680 |
| Dec 2013 | 660 |
| Sep 2013 | 640 |
| Jun 2013 | 650 |
| Mar 2013 | 630 |
| Dec 2012 | 760 |
| Sep 2012 | 710 |
| Jun 2012 | 680 |
| Mar 2012 | 710 |
| Dec 2011 | 610 |
| Sep 2011 | 630 |
| Jun 2011 | 710 |
| Mar 2011 | 810 |
| Dec 2010 | 790 |
| Sep 2010 | 810 |
| Jun 2010 | 830 |
| Mar 2010 | 680 |
| Dec 2009 | 630 |
| Sep 2009 | 670 |
| Jun 2009 | 560 |
| Mar 2009 | 590 |
| Dec 2008 | 720 |
| Sep 2008 | 740 |
| Jun 2008 | 790 |
| Mar 2008 | 850 |
| Dec 2007 | 840 |
| Sep 2007 | 870 |
| Jun 2007 | 940 |
| Mar 2007 | 1,050 |
| Dec 2006 | 1,200 |
| Sep 2006 | 1,200 |
| Jun 2006 | 1,190 |
| Mar 2006 | 1,170 |
| Dec 2005 | 1,100 |
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 £309,686 and £347,820 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £328,753
- Chance of a rise
- 50%
At the average sale price, a home costs £328,589. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,516 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
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 49%
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
- £1,059
- Owning per month
- £1,547
Figures for United Kingdom: Dorset 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 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −20.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 66 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,632 while 930 homes were finished: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.8
- Population change, 2025
- +1,632
6.2% of the 183,571 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 6.2%
- Empty homes
- 11,435
In 2025, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 7%