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New homes in England

9.3% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
135,780
Per 1,000 residents
2.3

Homes started in England

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

  • England
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEngland
Jun 2026135,780
Mar 2026129,120
Dec 2025123,970
Sep 2025118,040
Jun 2025117,290
Mar 2025112,810
Dec 2024108,180
Sep 202499,710
Jun 202490,660
Mar 2024136,190
Dec 2023150,530
Sep 2023166,500
Jun 2023192,090
Mar 2023176,310
Dec 2022181,780
Sep 2022184,420
Jun 2022184,660
Mar 2022174,480
Dec 2021175,460
Sep 2021176,310
Jun 2021168,900
Mar 2021139,110
Dec 2020128,590
Sep 2020122,080
Jun 2020124,740
Mar 2020146,910
Dec 2019151,030
Sep 2019157,340
Jun 2019160,830
Mar 2019163,500
Dec 2018165,390
Sep 2018165,680
Jun 2018160,010
Mar 2018160,040
Dec 2017159,990
Sep 2017158,090
Jun 2017158,720
Mar 2017157,290
Dec 2016153,590
Sep 2016150,940
Jun 2016147,430
Mar 2016144,280
Dec 2015148,560
Sep 2015143,170
Jun 2015142,180
Mar 2015143,030
Dec 2014140,070
Sep 2014141,590
Jun 2014139,700
Mar 2014134,990

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 £281,982 and £314,298 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£298,140
Chance of a rise
64%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £293,525. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,354 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
21%
Payment, one income
41%

Buy or rent

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
£1,466
Owning per month
£1,382

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: 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 7 times since 1968. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall
−18.2%
Recovery from the low
62 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 228,010 while 139,960 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.6
Population change, 2025
+228,010

Empty homes

5.4% of the 24,927,588 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.4%
Empty homes
1,352,135

Renovation

In 2025, 10% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
10%