Southwark · report
New homes in Southwark
24.0% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 860
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.8
Homes started in Southwark
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Southwark
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Southwark |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 860 |
| Mar 2026 | 780 |
| Dec 2025 | 510 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 |
| Jun 2025 | 90 |
| Mar 2025 | 90 |
| Dec 2024 | 90 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 |
| Jun 2024 | 60 |
| Mar 2024 | 150 |
| Dec 2023 | 400 |
| Sep 2023 | 430 |
| Jun 2023 | 700 |
| Mar 2023 | 940 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,240 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,370 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,160 |
| Mar 2022 | 920 |
| Dec 2021 | 690 |
| Sep 2021 | 770 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,020 |
| Mar 2021 | 1,040 |
| Dec 2020 | 910 |
| Sep 2020 | 650 |
| Jun 2020 | 430 |
| Mar 2020 | 380 |
| Dec 2019 | 190 |
| Sep 2019 | 460 |
| Jun 2019 | 520 |
| Mar 2019 | 790 |
| Dec 2018 | 1,160 |
| Sep 2018 | 1,050 |
| Jun 2018 | 1,130 |
| Mar 2018 | 840 |
| Dec 2017 | 490 |
| Sep 2017 | 710 |
| Jun 2017 | 550 |
| Mar 2017 | 1,000 |
| Dec 2016 | 1,490 |
| Sep 2016 | 1,530 |
| Jun 2016 | 2,160 |
| Mar 2016 | 1,950 |
| Dec 2015 | 2,070 |
| Sep 2015 | 1,790 |
| Jun 2015 | 1,260 |
| Mar 2015 | 1,430 |
| Dec 2014 | 1,230 |
| Sep 2014 | 1,300 |
| Jun 2014 | 1,220 |
| Mar 2014 | 1,630 |
| Dec 2013 | 1,260 |
| Sep 2013 | 1,290 |
| Jun 2013 | 1,320 |
| Mar 2013 | 910 |
| Dec 2012 | 1,000 |
| Sep 2012 | 980 |
| Jun 2012 | 1,230 |
| Mar 2012 | 1,060 |
| Dec 2011 | 1,210 |
| Sep 2011 | 1,110 |
| Jun 2011 | 860 |
| Mar 2011 | 830 |
| Dec 2010 | 610 |
| Sep 2010 | 630 |
| Jun 2010 | 760 |
| Mar 2010 | 670 |
| Dec 2009 | 830 |
| Sep 2009 | 720 |
| Jun 2009 | 700 |
| Mar 2009 | 920 |
| Dec 2008 | 900 |
| Sep 2008 | 1,070 |
| Jun 2008 | 1,010 |
| Mar 2008 | 920 |
| Dec 2007 | 830 |
| Sep 2007 | 720 |
| Jun 2007 | 680 |
| Mar 2007 | 630 |
| Dec 2006 | 900 |
| Sep 2006 | 1,010 |
| Jun 2006 | 1,130 |
| Mar 2006 | 1,160 |
| Dec 2005 | 1,070 |
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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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £519,214 and £600,685 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £559,950
- Chance of a rise
- 39%
At the average sale price, a home costs £569,160. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £2,626 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
- 32%
- Payment, one income
- 65%
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
- £2,516
- Owning per month
- £2,680
Figures for United Kingdom: Southwark 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%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 12 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −18.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 21 months
In 2025 the population fell by 4,666 while 960 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 960
- Population change, 2025
- −4,666
7.3% of the 141,962 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 7.3%
- Empty homes
- 10,370
In 2025, 16% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 16%