Wrexham · report

New homes in Wrexham

16.7% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 213
Per 1,000 residents: 1.5

Homes started in Wrexham

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

Wrexham
Ten-year average

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Period	Wrexham
Jun 2026	213
Mar 2026	261
Dec 2025	268
Sep 2025	309
Jun 2025	304
Mar 2025	231
Dec 2024	177
Sep 2024	169
Jun 2024	196
Mar 2024	196
Dec 2023	278
Sep 2023	242
Jun 2023	193
Mar 2023	255
Mar 2020	153
Dec 2019	131
Sep 2019	102
Jun 2019	86
Mar 2019	95
Dec 2018	104
Sep 2018	99
Jun 2018	100
Mar 2018	83
Dec 2017	126
Sep 2017	173
Jun 2017	199
Mar 2017	204
Dec 2016	159
Sep 2016	187
Jun 2016	168
Mar 2016	232
Dec 2015	245
Sep 2015	215
Jun 2015	248
Mar 2015	228
Dec 2014	219
Sep 2014	224
Jun 2014	223
Mar 2014	208
Dec 2013	240
Sep 2013	276
Jun 2013	286
Mar 2013	307
Dec 2012	313
Sep 2012	262
Jun 2012	268
Mar 2012	270
Dec 2011	277
Sep 2011	284
Jun 2011	245
Mar 2011	251
Dec 2010	282
Sep 2010	265
Jun 2010	254
Mar 2010	198
Dec 2009	121
Sep 2009	126
Jun 2009	142
Mar 2009	219
Dec 2008	299
Sep 2008	359
Jun 2008	437
Mar 2008	521
Dec 2007	559
Sep 2007	615
Jun 2007	678
Mar 2007	746
Dec 2006	863
Sep 2006	810
Jun 2006	709
Mar 2006	567
Dec 2005	396
Sep 2005	350
Jun 2005	359
Mar 2005	333
Dec 2004	402
Sep 2004	405
Jun 2004	401
Mar 2004	413
Dec 2003	351
Sep 2003	381
Jun 2003	373
Mar 2003	365
Dec 2002	494
Sep 2002	486
Jun 2002	520
Mar 2002	535
Dec 2001	373
Sep 2001	341
Jun 2001	355
Mar 2001	353
Dec 2000	435
Sep 2000	454
Jun 2000	459
Mar 2000	461
Dec 1999	393
Sep 1999	397
Jun 1999	406
Mar 1999	395
Dec 1998	433
Sep 1998	433
Jun 1998	394
Mar 1998	426
Dec 1997	414
Sep 1997	414
Jun 1997	405
Mar 1997	373

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 £217,218 and £241,829 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £229,523
Chance of a rise: 93%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £215,035. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £992 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: 17%
Payment, one income: 34%

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: £773
Owning per month: £1,012

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Wrexham 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 10 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall: −24.2%
Recovery from the low: 126 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 206 while 272 homes were finished: 0.8 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025: 0.8
Population change, 2025: +206

Empty homes

5.3% of the 61,256 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census: 5.3%
Empty homes: 3,265