Housing Starts in the United Kingdom increased to 35910 units in the second quarter of 2026 from 34030 units in the first quarter of 2026. Housing Starts in the United Kingdom averaged 38145.00 units from 1978 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 69520.00 units in the second quarter of 1978 and a record low of 16770.00 units in the second quarter of 2020. source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UK

Housing Starts in the United Kingdom is expected to be 36843.00 units by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Housing Starts is projected to trend around 38317.00 units in 2027 and 39275.00 units in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Average House Prices 298441.00 298395.00 GBP Sep 2026
Construction Orders YoY -18.10 -11.90 percent Jun 2026
Construction Output YoY -2.50 -2.30 percent Jul 2026
Mortgage Lending 4410.00 4082.00 GBP Million Aug 2026
Home Ownership Rate 64.50 64.70 percent Dec 2023
Lloyds House Price Index MoM 0.00 -0.30 percent Sep 2026
Lloyds House Price Index YoY 0.00 -0.40 percent Sep 2026
Housing Index 514.60 514.60 points Sep 2026
Housing Starts 35910.00 34030.00 units Jun 2026
Mortgage Approvals 54.92 55.93 Thousand Aug 2026
BBA Mortgage Rate 6.58 6.58 percent Sep 2026
Nationwide Housing Prices 547.10 549.50 points Sep 2026
Nationwide Housing Prices MoM -0.20 0.20 percent Sep 2026
Nationwide Housing Prices YoY 0.80 1.60 percent Sep 2026
Price to Rent Ratio 109.85 110.08 points Jun 2026
Private Rental Prices YoY 3.80 3.70 percent Aug 2026
Residential Property Prices 2.87 1.18 Percent Jun 2026
RICS House Price Balance -32.00 -28.00 percent Sep 2026


United Kingdom Housing Starts
In the UK, a house or a flat is counted as started on the date work begins on the laying of the foundation. Thus when foundation work commences on a pair of semi-detached houses two houses are started, and when work begins on a block of flats all the dwellings which that block will contain are started. The starts of houses in building schemes are usually phased over a period of weeks or even, in very large schemes, months.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
35910.00 34030.00 69520.00 16770.00 1978 - 2026 units Quarterly
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