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New homes in Ipswich

53.4% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
240
Per 1,000 residents
1.7

Homes started in Ipswich

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

  • Ipswich
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodIpswich
Jun 2026240
Mar 2026250
Dec 2025240
Sep 2025140
Jun 2025250
Mar 2025250
Dec 2024250
Sep 2024200
Jun 202470
Mar 2024140
Dec 2023290
Sep 2023290
Jun 2023280
Mar 2023180
Dec 202220
Sep 202270
Jun 202260
Mar 202280
Dec 2021270
Sep 2021230
Jun 2021240
Mar 2021220
Dec 202030
Sep 202030
Jun 202040
Mar 2020110
Dec 2019120
Sep 2019150
Jun 2019190
Mar 2019170
Dec 2018190
Sep 2018170
Jun 2018120
Mar 2018130
Dec 201790
Sep 201770
Jun 2017130
Mar 201780
Dec 201680
Sep 2016100
Jun 201650
Mar 201690
Dec 2015120
Sep 2015130
Jun 2015180
Mar 2015160
Dec 2014140
Sep 2014120
Jun 201470
Mar 201490
Dec 2013110
Sep 2013100
Jun 201380
Mar 2013100
Dec 201280
Sep 201280
Jun 2012110
Mar 201250
Dec 201160
Sep 201190
Jun 2011130
Mar 2011180
Dec 2010200
Sep 2010210
Jun 2010170
Mar 2010170
Dec 2009140
Sep 2009140
Jun 2009140
Mar 2009250
Dec 2008360
Sep 2008450
Jun 2008970
Mar 20081,340
Dec 20071,690
Sep 20071,700
Jun 20071,360
Mar 2007910
Dec 2006580
Sep 2006690
Jun 2006700
Mar 2006710
Dec 2005720

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 £228,094 and £262,460 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£245,277
Chance of a rise
92%

At the average sale price, a home costs £226,175. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,044 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
17%
Payment, one income
34%

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
£1,002
Owning per month
£1,065

Figures for United Kingdom: Ipswich 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 8 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.

Deepest fall
−25.6%
Recovery from the low
75 months

In 2025 the population fell by 584 while 360 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
360
Population change, 2025
−584

3.1% of the 61,457 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.1%
Empty homes
1,880

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

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
10%