New housing starts in the United Kingdom (UK) from the 1st quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2025, by country

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February 2026

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1st quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2025

Special properties

The source does not provide data for some quarters.

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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New residential construction in the UK 2005-2025, by country

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 27, 2026

England was the country with the most of the new home construction starts in the United Kingdom in the second quarter of 2025, with ****** units. Housing starts in England declined very sharply in the second half of 2023, while those figures remained more stable in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, Wales was the region with the least new housing constructions started in 2025.

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