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New homes in West Dunbartonshire

8.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
223
Per 1,000 residents
2.5

Homes started in West Dunbartonshire

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

  • West Dunbartonshire
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodWest Dunbartonshire
Jun 2026223
Mar 2026313
Dec 2025473
Sep 2025323
Jun 2025326
Mar 2025199
Dec 202466
Sep 2024139
Jun 2024137
Mar 2024121
Dec 2023121
Sep 202331
Jun 202336
Mar 202334
Dec 2022147
Sep 2022156
Jun 2022261
Mar 2022308
Dec 2021258
Sep 2021249
Jun 2021167
Mar 2021119
Dec 2020209
Sep 2020457
Jun 2020564
Mar 2020578
Dec 2019435
Sep 2019282
Jun 2019172
Mar 2019200
Dec 2018200
Sep 2018147
Jun 2018138
Mar 2018122
Dec 2017367
Sep 2017400
Jun 2017447
Mar 2017448
Dec 2016240
Sep 2016170
Jun 2016117
Mar 2016118
Dec 2015192
Sep 2015205
Jun 2015264
Mar 2015320
Dec 2014284
Sep 2014352
Jun 2014459
Mar 2014413
Dec 2013392
Sep 2013332
Jun 2013202
Mar 2013261
Dec 2012203
Sep 2012184
Jun 2012196
Mar 2012105
Dec 201191
Sep 201193
Jun 201198
Mar 201195
Dec 2010141
Sep 2010288
Jun 2010238
Mar 2010278
Dec 2009323
Sep 2009197
Jun 2009246
Mar 2009357
Dec 2008310
Sep 2008302
Jun 2008333
Mar 2008355
Dec 2007368
Sep 2007414
Jun 2007321
Mar 2007168
Dec 2006246
Sep 2006180
Jun 2006189
Mar 2006177
Dec 2005100
Sep 2005101
Jun 2005166
Mar 2005289
Dec 2004430
Sep 2004491
Jun 2004469
Mar 2004343
Dec 2003205
Sep 2003191
Jun 2003211
Mar 2003236
Dec 2002252
Sep 2002233
Jun 2002218
Mar 2002216
Dec 2001342
Sep 2001423
Jun 2001720
Mar 2001802
Dec 2000782
Sep 2000832
Jun 2000531
Mar 2000459
Dec 1999286
Sep 1999192
Jun 1999164
Mar 1999159
Dec 1998223
Sep 1998177
Jun 1998171
Mar 1998162
Dec 1997179
Sep 1997180
Jun 1997189
Mar 1997179

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 £129,160 and £151,430 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£140,295
Chance of a rise
82%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £132,345. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £611 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
9%
Payment, one income
18%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: West Dunbartonshire has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning the average home costs less each month than renting 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
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: West Dunbartonshire 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 2004. The deepest began in May 2008.

Deepest fall
−23.9%
Recovery from the low
88 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 500 while 234 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
234
Population change, 2025
−500

Renovation

In 2026, 0% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
0%