Newport · report

New homes in Newport

33.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 353
Per 1,000 residents: 2.1

Homes started in Newport

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

Newport
Ten-year average

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Period	Newport
Jun 2026	353
Mar 2026	382
Dec 2025	302
Sep 2025	293
Jun 2025	334
Mar 2025	356
Dec 2024	369
Sep 2024	757
Jun 2024	744
Mar 2024	784
Dec 2023	819
Sep 2023	453
Jun 2023	480
Mar 2023	426
Mar 2020	283
Dec 2019	211
Sep 2019	268
Jun 2019	347
Mar 2019	408
Dec 2018	483
Sep 2018	518
Jun 2018	519
Mar 2018	598
Dec 2017	654
Sep 2017	735
Jun 2017	866
Mar 2017	849
Dec 2016	793
Sep 2016	885
Jun 2016	874
Mar 2016	917
Dec 2015	987
Sep 2015	897
Jun 2015	860
Mar 2015	795
Dec 2014	726
Sep 2014	678
Jun 2014	599
Mar 2014	540
Dec 2013	594
Sep 2013	441
Jun 2013	391
Mar 2013	332
Dec 2012	269
Sep 2012	319
Jun 2012	321
Mar 2012	323
Dec 2011	263
Sep 2011	227
Jun 2011	195
Mar 2011	231
Dec 2010	204
Sep 2010	263
Jun 2010	374
Mar 2010	400
Dec 2009	475
Sep 2009	460
Jun 2009	339
Mar 2009	426
Dec 2008	564
Sep 2008	668
Jun 2008	805
Mar 2008	845
Dec 2007	679
Sep 2007	608
Jun 2007	521
Mar 2007	409
Dec 2006	426
Sep 2006	389
Jun 2006	483
Mar 2006	493
Dec 2005	546
Sep 2005	587
Jun 2005	628
Mar 2005	578
Dec 2004	540
Sep 2004	571
Jun 2004	520
Mar 2004	518
Dec 2003	475
Sep 2003	403
Jun 2003	397
Mar 2003	424
Dec 2002	481
Sep 2002	548
Jun 2002	631
Mar 2002	729
Dec 2001	740
Sep 2001	728
Jun 2001	583
Mar 2001	652
Dec 2000	640
Sep 2000	639
Jun 2000	665
Mar 2000	591
Dec 1999	558
Sep 1999	477
Jun 1999	420
Mar 1999	327
Dec 1998	400
Sep 1998	455
Jun 1998	449
Mar 1998	433
Dec 1997	309
Sep 1997	306
Jun 1997	338
Mar 1997	355

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 £214,717 and £240,077 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £227,397
Chance of a rise: 57%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £225,702. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,041 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%

Buy or rent

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: £962
Owning per month: £1,063

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Newport 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 6 times since 1995. The deepest began in June 2007.

Deepest fall: −24.1%
Recovery from the low: 54 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1,170 while 435 homes were finished: 2.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025: 2.7
Population change, 2025: +1,170

Empty homes

5.3% of the 69,720 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census: 5.3%
Empty homes: 3,670