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New homes in North East

12.8% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
9,360
Per 1,000 residents
3.4

Homes started in North East

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

  • North East
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodNorth East
Jun 20269,360
Mar 20269,260
Dec 20258,310
Sep 20257,720
Jun 20257,570
Mar 20257,370
Dec 20247,000
Sep 20246,230
Jun 20245,460
Mar 20247,760
Dec 20238,390
Sep 20239,160
Jun 202310,510
Mar 20239,140
Dec 20228,990
Sep 20229,100
Jun 20229,210
Mar 20229,260
Dec 20219,300
Sep 20219,960
Jun 20219,550
Mar 20217,690
Dec 20207,250
Sep 20206,090
Jun 20206,140
Mar 20207,120
Dec 20197,410
Sep 20198,180
Jun 20198,380
Mar 20199,030
Dec 20188,580
Sep 20188,740
Jun 20188,890
Mar 20188,800
Dec 20179,060
Sep 20178,650
Jun 20178,560
Mar 20178,350
Dec 20168,160
Sep 20168,170
Jun 20167,500
Mar 20167,050
Dec 20156,930
Sep 20156,500
Jun 20156,860
Mar 20156,990
Dec 20147,300
Sep 20147,260
Jun 20146,990
Mar 20146,940

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 £151,489 and £190,418 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£170,953
Chance of a rise
64%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £165,640. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £764 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
13%
Payment, one income
26%

Buy or rent

Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. 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
£790
Owning per month
£780

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: North East 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 13 times since 1992. The deepest began in July 2007.

Deepest fall
−19.7%
Recovery from the low
95 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 14,188 while 7,880 homes were finished: 1.8 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.8
Population change, 2025
+14,188

Empty homes

5.4% of the 1,247,894 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.4%
Empty homes
67,590

Renovation

In 2025, 3% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
3%