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Publication - Statistics

Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply (published 04 October 2022)

Published
4 October 2022
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing
ISBN
9781805250104

A summary of activity in new build housing, affordable housing and long term empty properties and second homes in Scotland.

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Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply (published 04 October 2022)

This statistical publication provides information on the latest trends in:

  • Quarterly all-sector and private-led new housebuilding starts and completions to end March 2022 and social sector new housebuilding starts and completions to end June 2022, with reporting periods now back to usual following progress over recent months in catching up with data collection delays that had arisen through the Covid period
  • UK House Price Index Official Statistics on new build sales transactions, as a measure of private-led new housebuilding activity to end May 2022.
  • Quarterly Affordable Housing Supply Programme approvals, starts and completions, by type, to end June 2022.

The publication also presents annual rates of new housebuilding and affordable housing supply per head of population, with comparisons to other UK countries.

Chart 1: Annual all-sector new housebuilding completions increased by 40% in the latest year to end March 2022 after being affected by COVID-19 lockdown measures in the previous year, although starts have increased by only 5%.
A line chart showing both All-sector new housebuilding starts and All-sector new housebuilding completions, which have both increased in the latest year to end March after falling the year before, due to COVID restrictions.

Background information including Excel webtables and explanatory notes on data sources and quality are available in the Housing Statistics webpages.

Contact

Email: housing_statistics_inbox@gov.scot

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