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New homes in Fife

7.9% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
1,265
Per 1,000 residents
3.4

Homes started in Fife

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

  • Fife
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodFife
Jun 20261,265
Mar 20261,287
Dec 20251,234
Sep 20251,193
Jun 20251,404
Mar 20251,397
Dec 20241,633
Sep 20241,451
Jun 20241,266
Mar 20241,437
Dec 20231,417
Sep 20231,546
Jun 20231,505
Mar 20231,245
Dec 20221,132
Sep 20221,158
Jun 20221,162
Mar 20221,158
Dec 20211,246
Sep 20211,285
Jun 20211,227
Mar 20211,066
Dec 20201,131
Sep 20201,151
Jun 20201,252
Mar 20201,492
Dec 20191,482
Sep 20191,408
Jun 20191,395
Mar 20191,357
Dec 20181,415
Sep 20181,446
Jun 20181,423
Mar 20181,709
Dec 20171,592
Sep 20171,653
Jun 20171,681
Mar 20171,523
Dec 20161,537
Sep 20161,577
Jun 20161,841
Mar 20161,740
Dec 20151,511
Sep 20151,485
Jun 20151,083
Mar 20151,115
Dec 20141,115
Sep 2014880
Jun 2014909
Mar 2014759
Dec 2013786
Sep 2013822
Jun 2013743
Mar 2013778
Dec 2012744
Sep 2012738
Jun 2012818
Mar 2012815
Dec 2011802
Sep 2011756
Jun 2011808
Mar 2011789
Dec 2010784
Sep 2010804
Jun 2010775
Mar 2010811
Dec 2009962
Sep 20091,301
Jun 20091,233
Mar 20091,442
Dec 20081,654
Sep 20081,671
Jun 20081,784
Mar 20081,750
Dec 20071,482
Sep 20071,024
Jun 2007984
Mar 2007841
Dec 20061,000
Sep 20061,553
Jun 20061,772
Mar 20062,066
Dec 20052,065
Sep 20051,907
Jun 20051,913
Mar 20051,708
Dec 20041,924
Sep 20041,876
Jun 20041,838
Mar 20041,889
Dec 20031,735
Sep 20031,735
Jun 20031,870
Mar 20032,014
Dec 20021,821
Sep 20021,707
Jun 20021,498
Mar 20021,350
Dec 20011,370
Sep 20011,329
Jun 20011,310
Mar 20011,550
Dec 20001,449
Sep 20001,442
Jun 20001,504
Mar 20001,294
Dec 19991,579
Sep 19991,704
Jun 19991,645
Mar 19991,503
Dec 19981,254
Sep 19981,181
Jun 19981,483
Mar 19981,345
Dec 19971,539
Sep 19971,430
Jun 1997964
Mar 19971,026

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 Fife

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £183,396 and £217,545 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£200,470
Chance of a rise
91%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £182,463. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £842 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
13%
Payment, one income
26%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Fife 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: Fife 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 September 2007.

Deepest fall
−16.9%
Recovery from the low
55 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 839 while 1,101 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
1,101
Population change, 2025
−839

Renovation

In 2026, 2% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
2%