Prices have increased 8.1% over the past 12 months, with the price of a typical new home now costing 30.5% more than existing properties.

44% of aspiring first-time buyers are considering new-build properties, compared with 30% looking at older homes.

While 59% of new-build buyers are first-time buyers, home movers and landlords have been found to make up the remaining 41%.

Only 17.7% of new-build homes across Great Britain were sold in Q3, down 0.5% from the previous quarter.

Andrew Calder, strategic partnerships and propositions manager at Accord Mortgages, discusses why the new build market is a key component in solving the UK’s housing crisis.

Tim Foreman, Managing Director of Land and New Homes, LRG, examines what the new homes sector needs from the government to boost delivery.

Just 229 new-build sales took place in London over six months, making up 0.9% of transactions.

Builder incentives up to 5% are accepted with no penalty.

On average, 12% of summer 2025 purchase enquiries were for new builds, up from 8% in 2024.

The top-performing towns and cities could represent the next big opportunity, with strong yields in commuter towns and even some overlooked city suburbs.