UK House Building: Dwellings Completed by Tenure and Type

Dwellings built, started, and completed in the UK, broken down by tenure, property type, and number of bedrooms. The dataset is provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It is available in XLS format under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing housing supply trends based on completion numbers.
• Comparing construction activity for different property tenures (e.g., social vs. private).
• Studying the mix of housing types (houses vs. flats) being built.
• Modeling the distribution of new dwellings by bedroom count.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative UK government ministry for housing.
• The dataset includes breakdowns by tenure, property type, and bedroom count as described.
• It is scheduled for future updates, with a last updated timestamp of 2026-07-08.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:04.471977; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom