The total number of homes across the United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined. When it grows, more homes exist to house the population; when building slows, the stock rises more slowly than new households form, so each home has to stretch across more people.
Source: MHCLG · National Records of Scotland · StatsWales · Dept for Communities (NI)
Coverage: UK · by nation
The stark reality facing Andy Burnham’s council housebuilding revolution
The Independent · Albert Toth · 8 August 2026
Persimmon defies the gloom: Housebuilder predicts it will hit 'upper end' of targets this year
Daily Mail · Daily · 6 August 2026
Gloucestershire council starts new housing plan
BBC News · Edward Rowe · 6 August 2026
Construction industry starts to ‘stabilise’ after steep downturn
The Independent · Anna Wise · 6 August 2026
Construction industry starts to ‘stabilise’ after steep downturn
Evening Standard · Anna Wise · 6 August 2026
Reporting from the left, centre and right of the press.
The stark reality facing Andy Burnham’s council housebuilding revolution
The Independent · Albert Toth · 8 August 2026
Pledge to ensure sewers can cope with homes plan
BBC News · Carmelo Garcia · 7 August 2026
Persimmon defies the gloom: Housebuilder predicts it will hit 'upper end' of targets this year
Daily Mail · Daily · 6 August 2026
The latest figures across all Housing metrics.
Mortgage Approvals
58,200+1.6k
2026-06-30
Annual Rent Inflation
3.3%−0.0%
June 2026
Average Monthly Rent
£1,388+0.4%
June 2026
Average House Price
£271,295+0.3%
May 2026
Social & Affordable · Replacements
3,452−250
2025-26
Price to Earnings Ratio
7.6−0.2
2025
Social Housing Waiting List
1.3m+9.9k
2025
Social & Affordable · Homes Sold
7,617+549
2024-25
Homes per 1,000 People
437−1.4
2024
Rent to Income Ratio
36.3%+3.2%
2023/24
Social & Affordable
From Left to Right
Reporting from the left, centre and right of the press.
Kemi Badenoch warned against inflaming Thetford unrest with threat to evict foreign nationals from social homes
The Independent · Kate Devlin · 7 August 2026
How charities help the homeless in heatwaves
BBC News · Eleanor Lawson · 8 August 2026
Tory plans to remove foreign nationals’ right to social housing slammed
Evening Standard · Tom Place · 7 August 2026