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New homes in Highland

27.1% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
825
Per 1,000 residents
3.5

Homes started in Highland

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

  • Highland
  • Ten-year average
Show the numbers
PeriodHighland
Jun 2026825
Mar 2026826
Dec 2025733
Sep 2025756
Jun 2025843
Mar 2025809
Dec 2024735
Sep 2024828
Jun 2024800
Mar 2024895
Dec 20231,032
Sep 2023997
Jun 20231,078
Mar 20231,146
Dec 20221,237
Sep 20221,407
Jun 20221,298
Mar 20221,258
Dec 20211,143
Sep 20211,131
Jun 20211,322
Mar 20211,118
Dec 20201,294
Sep 20201,298
Jun 20201,246
Mar 20201,519
Dec 20191,525
Sep 20191,486
Jun 20191,559
Mar 20191,548
Dec 20181,636
Sep 20181,554
Jun 20181,414
Mar 20181,307
Dec 20171,105
Sep 2017986
Jun 2017988
Mar 2017943
Dec 2016784
Sep 2016839
Jun 2016798
Mar 2016883
Dec 2015908
Sep 2015889
Jun 20151,027
Mar 20151,060
Dec 20141,262
Sep 20141,227
Jun 20141,064
Mar 20141,057
Dec 2013841
Sep 2013848
Jun 2013807
Mar 2013806
Dec 2012820
Sep 2012832
Jun 2012827
Mar 2012680
Dec 2011741
Sep 2011726
Jun 2011930
Mar 2011908
Dec 2010904
Sep 2010980
Jun 2010814
Mar 2010831
Dec 2009810
Sep 2009954
Jun 2009983
Mar 20091,304
Dec 20081,696
Sep 20081,875
Jun 20082,131
Mar 20081,954
Dec 20072,082
Sep 20072,105
Jun 20072,014
Mar 20072,174
Dec 20062,018
Sep 20062,055
Jun 20062,173
Mar 20062,248
Dec 20052,012
Sep 20051,700
Jun 20051,470
Mar 20051,121
Dec 20041,267
Sep 20041,209
Jun 20041,172
Mar 20041,219
Dec 2003979
Sep 2003858
Jun 2003832
Mar 2003770
Dec 2002741
Sep 2002796
Jun 2002901
Mar 2002981
Dec 2001993
Sep 20011,093
Jun 2001986
Mar 2001944
Dec 2000824
Sep 2000691
Jun 2000672
Mar 2000783
Dec 1999901
Sep 1999906
Jun 1999912
Mar 1999760
Dec 1998725
Sep 1998766
Jun 1998785
Mar 1998870
Dec 1997949
Sep 1997956
Jun 19971,014
Mar 19971,113

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 Highland

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £233,583 and £265,199 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£249,391
Chance of a rise
98%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £224,574. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,036 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
16%
Payment, one income
31%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Highland 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: Highland 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 8 times since 2004. The deepest began in November 2007.

Deepest fall
−13.3%
Recovery from the low
20 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 298 while 885 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
885
Population change, 2025
−298

Renovation

In 2026, 0% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
0%