Dundee City · report

New homes in Dundee City

4.9% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 443
Per 1,000 residents: 3.0

Homes started in Dundee City

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

Dundee City
Ten-year average

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Period	Dundee City
Jun 2026	443
Mar 2026	243
Dec 2025	119
Sep 2025	87
Jun 2025	101
Mar 2025	148
Dec 2024	220
Sep 2024	222
Jun 2024	275
Mar 2024	314
Dec 2023	438
Sep 2023	485
Jun 2023	623
Mar 2023	818
Dec 2022	736
Sep 2022	869
Jun 2022	680
Mar 2022	393
Dec 2021	417
Sep 2021	407
Jun 2021	616
Mar 2021	585
Dec 2020	635
Sep 2020	514
Jun 2020	264
Mar 2020	523
Dec 2019	510
Sep 2019	475
Jun 2019	670
Mar 2019	599
Dec 2018	556
Sep 2018	557
Jun 2018	505
Mar 2018	691
Dec 2017	687
Sep 2017	732
Jun 2017	650
Mar 2017	368
Dec 2016	250
Sep 2016	206
Jun 2016	276
Mar 2016	211
Dec 2015	221
Sep 2015	317
Jun 2015	242
Mar 2015	274
Dec 2014	342
Sep 2014	228
Jun 2014	226
Mar 2014	152
Dec 2013	64
Sep 2013	186
Jun 2013	218
Mar 2013	246
Dec 2012	310
Sep 2012	284
Jun 2012	200
Mar 2012	188
Dec 2011	176
Sep 2011	140
Jun 2011	167
Mar 2011	263
Dec 2010	266
Sep 2010	393
Jun 2010	372
Mar 2010	270
Dec 2009	382
Sep 2009	259
Jun 2009	259
Mar 2009	310
Dec 2008	341
Sep 2008	392
Jun 2008	729
Mar 2008	978
Dec 2007	960
Sep 2007	924
Jun 2007	1,062
Mar 2007	808
Dec 2006	839
Sep 2006	800
Jun 2006	367
Mar 2006	416
Dec 2005	477
Sep 2005	484
Jun 2005	695
Mar 2005	586
Dec 2004	633
Sep 2004	655
Jun 2004	542
Mar 2004	931
Dec 2003	725
Sep 2003	840
Jun 2003	820
Mar 2003	451
Dec 2002	555
Sep 2002	500
Jun 2002	502
Mar 2002	535
Dec 2001	488
Sep 2001	677
Jun 2001	683
Mar 2001	826
Dec 2000	745
Sep 2000	607
Jun 2000	613
Mar 2000	574
Dec 1999	566
Sep 1999	499
Jun 1999	524
Mar 1999	410
Dec 1998	559
Sep 1998	553
Jun 1998	478
Mar 1998	628
Dec 1997	453
Sep 1997	414
Jun 1997	368
Mar 1997	232

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.

Other reports for Dundee City

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £146,952 and £185,494 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £166,223
Chance of a rise: 89%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £147,974. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £683 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: 24%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Dundee City 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: Dundee City 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: −13.9%
Recovery from the low: 100 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 969 while 374 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025: 374
Population change, 2025: −969

Renovation

In 2026, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026: 7%