Na h-Eileanan Siar · report

New homes in Na h-Eileanan Siar

89.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 9
Per 1,000 residents: 0.3

Homes started in Na h-Eileanan Siar

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

Na h-Eileanan Siar
Ten-year average

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Period	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Jun 2026	9
Mar 2026	8
Dec 2025	23
Sep 2025	27
Jun 2025	38
Mar 2025	38
Dec 2024	26
Sep 2024	26
Jun 2024	20
Mar 2024	32
Dec 2023	47
Sep 2023	45
Jun 2023	138
Mar 2023	141
Dec 2022	144
Sep 2022	149
Jun 2022	64
Mar 2022	57
Dec 2021	57
Sep 2021	72
Jun 2021	74
Mar 2021	69
Dec 2020	69
Sep 2020	62
Jun 2020	202
Mar 2020	235
Dec 2019	236
Sep 2019	224
Jun 2019	79
Mar 2019	59
Dec 2018	67
Sep 2018	89
Jun 2018	84
Mar 2018	78
Dec 2017	106
Sep 2017	81
Jun 2017	86
Mar 2017	92
Dec 2016	46
Sep 2016	80
Jun 2016	101
Mar 2016	92
Dec 2015	96
Sep 2015	72
Jun 2015	60
Mar 2015	97
Dec 2014	103
Sep 2014	132
Jun 2014	137
Mar 2014	108
Dec 2013	110
Sep 2013	83
Jun 2013	71
Mar 2013	83
Dec 2012	88
Sep 2012	80
Jun 2012	95
Mar 2012	100
Dec 2011	154
Sep 2011	171
Jun 2011	207
Mar 2011	204
Dec 2010	139
Sep 2010	210
Jun 2010	158
Mar 2010	172
Dec 2009	186
Sep 2009	126
Jun 2009	156
Mar 2009	150
Dec 2008	208
Sep 2008	201
Jun 2008	201
Mar 2008	208
Dec 2007	173
Sep 2007	189
Jun 2007	216
Mar 2007	248
Dec 2006	268
Sep 2006	250
Jun 2006	217
Mar 2006	166
Dec 2005	128
Sep 2005	144
Jun 2005	164
Mar 2005	180
Dec 2004	170
Sep 2004	178
Jun 2004	169
Mar 2004	162
Dec 2003	164
Sep 2003	124
Jun 2003	87
Mar 2003	81
Dec 2002	101
Sep 2002	110
Jun 2002	113
Mar 2002	103
Dec 2001	83
Sep 2001	76
Jun 2001	78
Mar 2001	78
Dec 2000	57
Sep 2000	58
Jun 2000	79
Mar 2000	76
Dec 1999	89
Sep 1999	102
Jun 1999	81
Mar 1999	82
Dec 1998	74
Sep 1998	73
Jun 1998	65
Mar 1998	62
Dec 1997	98
Sep 1997	96
Jun 1997	110
Mar 1997	119

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 £146,314 and £205,437 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £175,875
Chance of a rise: 89%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £147,416. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £680 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: 12%
Payment, one income: 24%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Na h-Eileanan Siar 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: Na h-Eileanan Siar 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 20 times since 2004. The deepest began in May 2009.

Deepest fall: −29.0%
Recovery from the low: 51 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 160 while 69 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025: 69
Population change, 2025: −160

Renovation

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

Homes from existing buildings, 2026: 0%