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New homes in Stafford

61.7% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
180
Per 1,000 residents
1.3

Homes started in Stafford

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

  • Stafford
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodStafford
Jun 2026180
Mar 2026180
Dec 2025220
Sep 2025240
Jun 2025310
Mar 2025440
Dec 2024480
Sep 2024450
Jun 2024380
Mar 2024380
Dec 2023310
Sep 2023370
Jun 2023440
Mar 2023400
Dec 2022450
Sep 2022400
Jun 2022370
Mar 2022300
Dec 2021290
Sep 2021300
Jun 2021350
Mar 2021330
Dec 2020370
Sep 2020390
Jun 2020340
Mar 2020450
Dec 2019450
Sep 2019500
Jun 2019620
Mar 2019600
Dec 2018630
Sep 2018650
Jun 2018630
Mar 2018670
Dec 2017770
Sep 2017760
Jun 2017850
Mar 2017850
Dec 2016830
Sep 2016880
Jun 2016760
Mar 2016770
Dec 2015720
Sep 2015610
Jun 2015550
Mar 2015450
Dec 2014400
Sep 2014340
Jun 2014270
Mar 2014240
Dec 2013220
Sep 2013250
Jun 2013260
Mar 2013230
Dec 2012190
Sep 2012170
Jun 2012200
Mar 2012210
Dec 2011180
Sep 2011180
Jun 2011150
Mar 2011220
Dec 2010230
Sep 2010220
Jun 2010200
Mar 2010110
Dec 200970
Sep 200960
Jun 200960
Mar 2009120
Dec 2008130
Sep 2008200
Jun 2008300
Mar 2008310
Dec 2007410
Sep 2007460
Jun 2007400
Mar 2007420
Dec 2006390
Sep 2006330
Jun 2006360
Mar 2006330
Dec 2005320

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 £252,397 and £278,914 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£265,656
Chance of a rise
69%

At the average sale price, a home costs £260,446. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,202 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
18%
Payment, one income
36%

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
£902
Owning per month
£1,226

Figures for United Kingdom: Stafford 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 6 times since 1995. The deepest began in April 2008.

Deepest fall
−17.1%
Recovery from the low
83 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,372 while 560 homes were finished: 2.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.5
Population change, 2025
+1,372

4.0% of the 62,611 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.0%
Empty homes
2,495

In 2025, 12% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
12%