Swansea · report

New homes in Swansea

52.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 158
Per 1,000 residents: 0.6

Homes started in Swansea

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

Swansea
Ten-year average

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Period	Swansea
Jun 2026	158
Mar 2026	267
Dec 2025	293
Sep 2025	296
Jun 2025	307
Mar 2025	225
Dec 2024	193
Sep 2024	201
Jun 2024	193
Mar 2024	246
Dec 2023	289
Sep 2023	291
Jun 2023	287
Mar 2023	270
Mar 2020	243
Dec 2019	262
Sep 2019	211
Jun 2019	213
Mar 2019	395
Dec 2018	379
Sep 2018	442
Jun 2018	504
Mar 2018	405
Dec 2017	465
Sep 2017	529
Jun 2017	478
Mar 2017	462
Dec 2016	495
Sep 2016	577
Jun 2016	581
Mar 2016	597
Dec 2015	590
Sep 2015	468
Jun 2015	509
Mar 2015	449
Dec 2014	401
Sep 2014	420
Jun 2014	403
Mar 2014	398
Dec 2013	377
Sep 2013	387
Jun 2013	373
Mar 2013	352
Dec 2012	389
Sep 2012	354
Jun 2012	391
Mar 2012	450
Dec 2011	493
Sep 2011	547
Jun 2011	513
Mar 2011	704
Dec 2010	698
Sep 2010	729
Jun 2010	777
Mar 2010	562
Dec 2009	493
Sep 2009	315
Jun 2009	197
Mar 2009	241
Dec 2008	358
Sep 2008	960
Jun 2008	1,268
Mar 2008	1,360
Dec 2007	1,428
Sep 2007	981
Jun 2007	933
Mar 2007	945
Dec 2006	912
Sep 2006	889
Jun 2006	742
Mar 2006	628
Dec 2005	535
Sep 2005	668
Jun 2005	767
Mar 2005	787
Dec 2004	820
Sep 2004	675
Jun 2004	656
Mar 2004	662
Dec 2003	612
Sep 2003	576
Jun 2003	493
Mar 2003	517
Dec 2002	579
Sep 2002	586
Jun 2002	589
Mar 2002	730
Dec 2001	777
Sep 2001	791
Jun 2001	840
Mar 2001	811
Dec 2000	804
Sep 2000	796
Jun 2000	761
Mar 2000	648
Dec 1999	574
Sep 1999	618
Jun 1999	611
Mar 1999	540
Dec 1998	575
Sep 1998	562
Jun 1998	570
Mar 1998	673
Dec 1997	742
Sep 1997	743
Jun 1997	894
Mar 1997	894

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 £213,747 and £243,291 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £228,519
Chance of a rise: 93%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £211,177. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £974 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: 32%

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: £853
Owning per month: £994

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Swansea 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 9 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall: −21.8%
Recovery from the low: 94 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 1,163 while 347 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025: 347
Population change, 2025: −1,163

Empty homes

7.6% of the 114,461 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census: 7.6%
Empty homes: 8,700