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New homes in North West

8.9% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
16,580
Per 1,000 residents
2.1

Homes started in North West

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

  • North West
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodNorth West
Jun 202616,580
Mar 202615,090
Dec 202515,270
Sep 202514,110
Jun 202514,150
Mar 202513,070
Dec 202412,050
Sep 202411,930
Jun 202411,980
Mar 202417,380
Dec 202319,030
Sep 202320,170
Jun 202321,750
Mar 202319,440
Dec 202219,830
Sep 202220,010
Jun 202219,600
Mar 202219,340
Dec 202119,700
Sep 202120,210
Jun 202119,850
Mar 202116,750
Dec 202015,650
Sep 202014,730
Jun 202015,850
Mar 202019,490
Dec 201921,260
Sep 201922,600
Jun 201923,630
Mar 201922,540
Dec 201822,680
Sep 201822,340
Jun 201820,080
Mar 201819,550
Dec 201718,560
Sep 201718,220
Jun 201718,950
Mar 201718,760
Dec 201618,390
Sep 201617,550
Jun 201616,300
Mar 201615,670
Dec 201514,430
Sep 201513,660
Jun 201513,930
Mar 201514,160
Dec 201414,320
Sep 201414,680
Jun 201414,150
Mar 201413,620
Dec 201312,830
Sep 201312,290
Jun 201311,580
Mar 201310,620
Dec 201210,320
Sep 20129,760
Jun 20129,980
Mar 201210,110
Dec 20119,930
Sep 201110,330
Jun 20119,130
Mar 20119,160
Dec 20109,670
Sep 20109,150
Jun 20108,850
Mar 20107,480

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 £210,216 and £248,447 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£229,332
Chance of a rise
73%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £220,393. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,017 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
16%
Payment, one income
33%

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
£975
Owning per month
£1,038

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: North West 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 5 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.

Deepest fall
−18.3%
Recovery from the low
52 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 56,470 while 15,670 homes were finished: 3.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.6
Population change, 2025
+56,470

Empty homes

5.7% of the 3,358,812 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.7%
Empty homes
190,965

Renovation

In 2025, 6% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
6%