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New homes in Gloucester

22.6% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
260
Per 1,000 residents
1.9

Homes started in Gloucester

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

  • Gloucester
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodGloucester
Jun 2026260
Mar 2026360
Dec 2025370
Sep 2025330
Jun 2025310
Mar 2025270
Dec 2024260
Sep 2024270
Jun 2024300
Mar 2024340
Dec 2023350
Sep 2023380
Jun 2023340
Mar 2023370
Dec 2022400
Sep 2022410
Jun 2022460
Mar 2022400
Dec 2021590
Sep 2021580
Jun 2021530
Mar 2021440
Dec 2020230
Sep 2020190
Jun 2020180
Mar 2020250
Dec 2019250
Sep 2019250
Jun 2019340
Mar 2019330
Dec 2018310
Sep 2018320
Jun 2018240
Mar 2018310
Dec 2017340
Sep 2017370
Jun 2017360
Mar 2017280
Dec 2016270
Sep 2016290
Jun 2016360
Mar 2016370
Dec 2015410
Sep 2015350
Jun 2015320
Mar 2015450
Dec 2014520
Sep 2014550
Jun 2014540
Mar 2014420
Dec 2013340
Sep 2013360
Jun 2013390
Mar 2013400
Dec 2012370
Sep 2012400
Jun 2012350
Mar 2012360
Dec 2011440
Sep 2011420
Jun 2011510
Mar 2011520
Dec 2010500
Sep 2010550
Jun 2010610
Mar 2010620
Dec 2009550
Sep 2009420
Jun 2009250
Mar 2009230
Dec 2008420
Sep 2008590
Jun 2008850
Mar 2008950
Dec 2007940
Sep 2007900
Jun 2007820
Mar 2007870
Dec 2006880
Sep 2006850
Jun 2006880
Mar 2006810
Dec 2005710

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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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £226,022 and £250,023 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£238,022
Chance of a rise
51%

At the average sale price, a home costs £237,705. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,097 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
19%
Payment, one income
38%

Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
£1,122
Owning per month
£1,119

Figures for United Kingdom: Gloucester 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%

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 1995. The deepest began in August 2007.

Deepest fall
−23.6%
Recovery from the low
79 months

In 2025 the population grew by 678 while 320 homes were finished: 2.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.1
Population change, 2025
+678

4.6% of the 58,164 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.6%
Empty homes
2,655

In 2025, 21% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
21%