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New homes in Wales

25.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
4,047
Per 1,000 residents
1.3

Homes started in Wales

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

  • Wales
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodWales
Jun 20264,047
Mar 20264,238
Dec 20254,120
Sep 20254,115
Jun 20253,877
Mar 20253,798
Dec 20243,454
Sep 20244,569
Jun 20244,924
Mar 20245,161
Dec 20235,578
Sep 20234,695
Jun 20234,572
Mar 20234,556
Mar 20206,224
Dec 20196,129
Sep 20196,134
Jun 20195,841
Mar 20195,974
Dec 20185,998
Sep 20185,922
Jun 20186,002
Mar 20186,037
Dec 20176,096
Sep 20176,982
Jun 20177,367
Mar 20176,871
Dec 20166,799
Sep 20166,338
Jun 20166,261
Mar 20166,708
Dec 20156,991
Sep 20157,027
Jun 20157,065
Mar 20156,955
Dec 20146,644
Sep 20146,233
Jun 20145,917
Mar 20145,786
Dec 20135,737
Sep 20135,666
Jun 20135,618
Mar 20135,291
Dec 20125,288
Sep 20125,068
Jun 20125,002
Mar 20124,971
Dec 20115,044
Sep 20115,182
Jun 20115,258
Mar 20115,798
Dec 20105,937
Sep 20105,881
Jun 20105,756
Mar 20105,307
Dec 20094,775
Sep 20094,361
Jun 20094,280
Mar 20094,910
Dec 20085,785
Sep 20087,930
Jun 20089,148
Mar 200810,199
Dec 200710,408
Sep 20079,609
Jun 20079,496
Mar 20079,135
Dec 20069,502
Sep 20069,281
Jun 20069,266
Mar 20068,969
Dec 20059,026
Sep 20059,434
Jun 20059,695
Mar 20059,510
Dec 20049,363
Sep 20049,410
Jun 20049,458
Mar 200410,060
Dec 20039,897
Sep 20039,517
Jun 20039,449
Mar 20039,522
Dec 20029,480
Sep 20029,376
Jun 20029,200
Mar 20029,096
Dec 20019,141
Sep 20018,980
Jun 20019,309
Mar 20019,353
Dec 20009,352
Sep 20009,693
Jun 20009,288
Mar 20009,261
Dec 19999,311
Sep 19999,045
Jun 19998,889
Mar 19998,408
Dec 19988,482
Sep 19988,628
Jun 19988,635
Mar 19989,114
Dec 19979,076
Sep 19979,186
Jun 19979,521
Mar 19979,268

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 £213,226 and £236,080 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£224,653
Chance of a rise
82%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £216,363. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £998 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
£848
Owning per month
£1,019

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Wales 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 12 times since 1968. The deepest began in August 2007.

Deepest fall
−18.1%
Recovery from the low
99 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 2,635 while 5,159 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
5,159
Population change, 2025
−2,635

Empty homes

7.0% of the 1,467,189 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
7.0%
Empty homes
102,870