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New homes in East of England

10.1% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
18,020
Per 1,000 residents
2.7

Homes started in East of England

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

  • East of England
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEast of England
Jun 202618,020
Mar 202618,450
Dec 202518,140
Sep 202517,970
Jun 202518,390
Mar 202517,360
Dec 202416,820
Sep 202415,760
Jun 202412,680
Mar 202419,060
Dec 202320,420
Sep 202322,490
Jun 202327,780
Mar 202324,860
Dec 202225,550
Sep 202226,260
Jun 202225,580
Mar 202224,520
Dec 202125,160
Sep 202123,970
Jun 202122,520
Mar 202118,050
Dec 202016,350
Sep 202016,020
Jun 202016,310
Mar 202019,760
Dec 201919,410
Sep 201919,630
Jun 201919,680
Mar 201919,670
Dec 201819,510
Sep 201819,970
Jun 201819,730
Mar 201819,350
Dec 201719,970
Sep 201719,720
Jun 201719,670
Mar 201719,450
Dec 201619,140
Sep 201618,550
Jun 201618,250
Mar 201618,110
Dec 201518,210
Sep 201517,570
Jun 201517,080
Mar 201516,780
Dec 201415,940
Sep 201416,180
Jun 201416,520
Mar 201416,220

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 £320,132 and £358,347 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£339,240
Chance of a rise
54%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £337,848. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,559 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
23%
Payment, one income
46%

Buy or rent

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
£1,298
Owning per month
£1,591

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: East of England 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 4 times since 1992. The deepest began in November 2007.

Deepest fall
−19.7%
Recovery from the low
61 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 43,106 while 21,610 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.0
Population change, 2025
+43,106

Empty homes

4.3% of the 2,762,299 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.3%
Empty homes
118,985

Renovation

In 2025, 7% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
7%