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New homes in Swindon
21.4% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 940
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.8
Homes started in Swindon
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Swindon
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Swindon |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 940 |
| Mar 2026 | 880 |
| Dec 2025 | 900 |
| Sep 2025 | 750 |
| Jun 2025 | 550 |
| Mar 2025 | 470 |
| Dec 2024 | 330 |
| Sep 2024 | 290 |
| Jun 2024 | 240 |
| Mar 2024 | 400 |
| Dec 2023 | 570 |
| Sep 2023 | 680 |
| Jun 2023 | 880 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,120 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,190 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,110 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,030 |
| Mar 2022 | 610 |
| Dec 2021 | 560 |
| Sep 2021 | 590 |
| Jun 2021 | 680 |
| Mar 2021 | 600 |
| Dec 2020 | 560 |
| Sep 2020 | 660 |
| Jun 2020 | 590 |
| Mar 2020 | 670 |
| Dec 2019 | 650 |
| Sep 2019 | 570 |
| Jun 2019 | 690 |
| Mar 2019 | 810 |
| Dec 2018 | 860 |
| Sep 2018 | 910 |
| Jun 2018 | 930 |
| Mar 2018 | 930 |
| Dec 2017 | 1,010 |
| Sep 2017 | 1,030 |
| Jun 2017 | 1,260 |
| Mar 2017 | 1,210 |
| Dec 2016 | 1,130 |
| Sep 2016 | 1,130 |
| Jun 2016 | 840 |
| Mar 2016 | 860 |
| Dec 2015 | 840 |
| Sep 2015 | 830 |
| Jun 2015 | 850 |
| Mar 2015 | 690 |
| Dec 2014 | 590 |
| Sep 2014 | 480 |
| Jun 2014 | 320 |
| Mar 2014 | 390 |
| Dec 2013 | 420 |
| Sep 2013 | 460 |
| Jun 2013 | 500 |
| Mar 2013 | 470 |
| Dec 2012 | 510 |
| Sep 2012 | 540 |
| Jun 2012 | 540 |
| Mar 2012 | 560 |
| Dec 2011 | 510 |
| Sep 2011 | 470 |
| Jun 2011 | 510 |
| Mar 2011 | 720 |
| Dec 2010 | 870 |
| Sep 2010 | 1,090 |
| Jun 2010 | 1,050 |
| Mar 2010 | 890 |
| Dec 2009 | 740 |
| Sep 2009 | 550 |
| Jun 2009 | 520 |
| Mar 2009 | 570 |
| Dec 2008 | 650 |
| Sep 2008 | 810 |
| Jun 2008 | 1,250 |
| Mar 2008 | 1,460 |
| Dec 2007 | 1,810 |
| Sep 2007 | 1,940 |
| Jun 2007 | 1,860 |
| Mar 2007 | 1,880 |
| Dec 2006 | 2,080 |
| Sep 2006 | 1,920 |
| Jun 2006 | 1,870 |
| Mar 2006 | 1,940 |
| Dec 2005 | 1,620 |
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 £264,707 and £289,637 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £277,172
- Chance of a rise
- 92%
At the average sale price, a home costs £263,685. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,217 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- £1,103
- Owning per month
- £1,242
Figures for United Kingdom: Swindon 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 7 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −24.3%
- Recovery from the low
- 74 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,952 while 400 homes were finished: 4.9 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 4.9
- Population change, 2025
- +1,952
3.9% of the 99,851 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 3.9%
- Empty homes
- 3,915
In 2025, 16% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 16%