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New homes in Wokingham

5.7% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
860
Per 1,000 residents
4.5

Homes started in Wokingham

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

  • Wokingham
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodWokingham
Jun 2026860
Mar 2026720
Dec 2025650
Sep 2025590
Jun 2025370
Mar 2025420
Dec 2024460
Sep 2024380
Jun 2024390
Mar 2024510
Dec 2023570
Sep 2023650
Jun 2023780
Mar 2023650
Dec 2022690
Sep 2022860
Jun 2022910
Mar 2022910
Dec 2021870
Sep 2021690
Jun 2021630
Mar 2021460
Dec 2020550
Sep 2020570
Jun 2020760
Mar 20201,030
Dec 20191,100
Sep 20191,250
Jun 20191,240
Mar 20191,540
Dec 20181,620
Sep 20181,750
Jun 20181,700
Mar 20181,440
Dec 20171,350
Sep 20171,310
Jun 20171,330
Mar 20171,390
Dec 20161,340
Sep 20161,170
Jun 20161,040
Mar 2016930
Dec 2015810
Sep 2015720
Jun 2015640
Mar 2015570
Dec 2014570
Sep 2014550
Jun 2014570
Mar 2014470
Dec 2013400
Sep 2013350
Jun 2013380
Mar 2013360
Dec 2012350
Sep 2012420
Jun 2012360
Mar 2012290
Dec 2011290
Sep 2011230
Jun 2011210
Mar 2011210
Dec 2010200
Sep 2010210
Jun 2010180
Mar 2010230
Dec 2009240
Sep 2009210
Jun 2009220
Mar 2009210
Dec 2008230
Sep 2008250
Jun 2008270
Mar 2008360
Dec 2007430
Sep 2007480
Jun 2007530
Mar 2007550
Dec 2006590
Sep 2006680
Jun 2006720
Mar 2006790
Dec 2005730

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 £451,999 and £513,539 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£482,769
Chance of a rise
35%

At the average sale price, a home costs £491,944. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £2,270 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
26%
Payment, one income
52%

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
£1,469
Owning per month
£2,316

Figures for United Kingdom: Wokingham 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 4 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall
−18.9%
Recovery from the low
54 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,597 while 270 homes were finished: 5.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
5.9
Population change, 2025
+1,597

3.2% of the 71,523 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.2%
Empty homes
2,270

In 2025, 3% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
3%