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New homes in Dumfries and Galloway

37.5% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
179
Per 1,000 residents
1.2

Homes started in Dumfries and Galloway

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

  • Dumfries and Galloway
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodDumfries and Galloway
Jun 2026179
Mar 2026272
Dec 2025331
Sep 2025377
Jun 2025422
Mar 2025315
Dec 2024200
Sep 2024155
Jun 202481
Mar 2024159
Dec 2023175
Sep 2023175
Jun 2023287
Mar 2023240
Dec 2022288
Sep 2022300
Jun 2022237
Mar 2022311
Dec 2021347
Sep 2021338
Jun 2021362
Mar 2021506
Dec 2020455
Sep 2020443
Jun 2020405
Mar 2020252
Dec 2019305
Sep 2019313
Jun 2019400
Mar 2019347
Dec 2018415
Sep 2018410
Jun 2018295
Mar 2018324
Dec 2017187
Sep 2017224
Jun 2017213
Mar 2017142
Dec 2016151
Sep 2016111
Jun 2016122
Mar 2016170
Dec 2015168
Sep 2015225
Jun 2015279
Mar 2015282
Dec 2014420
Sep 2014404
Jun 2014379
Mar 2014356
Dec 2013214
Sep 2013178
Jun 2013163
Mar 2013148
Dec 2012217
Sep 2012208
Jun 2012229
Mar 2012278
Dec 2011222
Sep 2011249
Jun 2011326
Mar 2011323
Dec 2010421
Sep 2010413
Jun 2010335
Mar 2010341
Dec 2009605
Sep 2009626
Jun 2009629
Mar 2009592
Dec 2008306
Sep 2008335
Jun 2008515
Mar 2008664
Dec 2007685
Sep 2007826
Jun 2007703
Mar 2007634
Dec 2006758
Sep 2006649
Jun 2006658
Mar 2006636
Dec 2005637
Sep 2005750
Jun 2005831
Mar 2005910
Dec 2004951
Sep 2004864
Jun 2004768
Mar 2004783
Dec 2003624
Sep 2003581
Jun 2003660
Mar 2003553
Dec 2002519
Sep 2002479
Jun 2002403
Mar 2002444
Dec 2001466
Sep 2001486
Jun 2001579
Mar 2001557
Dec 2000574
Sep 2000549
Jun 2000482
Mar 2000443
Dec 1999420
Sep 1999457
Jun 1999365
Mar 1999381
Dec 1998320
Sep 1998299
Jun 1998366
Mar 1998425
Dec 1997463
Sep 1997388
Jun 1997305
Mar 1997409

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 £176,271 and £203,061 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£189,666
Chance of a rise
96%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £171,854. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £793 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
27%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Dumfries and Galloway has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning the average home costs less each month than renting 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
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Dumfries and Galloway 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 2004. The deepest began in July 2007.

Deepest fall
−20.4%
Recovery from the low
80 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 483 while 146 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
146
Population change, 2025
−483

Renovation

In 2026, 0% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
0%