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New homes in Midlothian

8.5% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
668
Per 1,000 residents
6.7

Homes started in Midlothian

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

  • Midlothian
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodMidlothian
Jun 2026668
Mar 2026598
Dec 2025612
Sep 2025511
Jun 2025505
Mar 2025730
Dec 2024688
Sep 2024765
Jun 2024814
Mar 2024664
Dec 2023777
Sep 2023773
Jun 2023797
Mar 2023823
Dec 2022906
Sep 2022989
Jun 2022996
Mar 20221,129
Dec 20211,136
Sep 20211,003
Jun 2021947
Mar 2021611
Dec 2020512
Sep 2020521
Jun 2020615
Mar 2020854
Dec 2019749
Sep 2019666
Jun 2019598
Mar 2019491
Dec 2018576
Sep 2018649
Jun 2018543
Mar 2018512
Dec 2017459
Sep 2017554
Jun 2017679
Mar 2017944
Dec 2016947
Sep 2016901
Jun 2016857
Mar 2016643
Dec 2015704
Sep 2015631
Jun 2015797
Mar 2015712
Dec 2014693
Sep 2014679
Jun 2014498
Mar 2014631
Dec 2013557
Sep 2013594
Jun 2013561
Mar 2013440
Dec 2012751
Sep 2012670
Jun 2012635
Mar 2012640
Dec 2011387
Sep 2011355
Jun 2011502
Mar 2011489
Dec 2010488
Sep 2010508
Jun 2010367
Mar 2010314
Dec 2009293
Sep 2009273
Jun 2009228
Mar 2009295
Dec 2008313
Sep 2008623
Jun 2008910
Mar 2008886
Dec 2007848
Sep 2007600
Jun 2007344
Mar 2007408
Dec 2006349
Sep 2006315
Jun 2006317
Mar 2006220
Dec 2005212
Sep 2005176
Jun 2005144
Mar 2005130
Dec 2004141
Sep 2004134
Jun 2004126
Mar 2004119
Dec 2003102
Sep 2003110
Jun 2003126
Mar 2003124
Dec 2002137
Sep 2002163
Jun 2002162
Mar 2002173
Dec 2001161
Sep 2001166
Jun 2001167
Mar 2001182
Dec 2000210
Sep 2000232
Jun 2000298
Mar 2000331
Dec 1999358
Sep 1999325
Jun 1999291
Mar 1999255
Dec 1998286
Sep 1998290
Jun 1998329
Mar 1998357
Dec 1997307
Sep 1997382
Jun 1997389
Mar 1997409

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 £265,396 and £300,012 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£282,704
Chance of a rise
64%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £277,939. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,282 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
37%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Midlothian 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: Midlothian 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 11 times since 2004. The deepest began in February 2008.

Deepest fall
−18.2%
Recovery from the low
51 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 666 while 730 homes were finished: 0.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.9
Population change, 2025
+666

Renovation

In 2026, 1% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
1%