UK House Building Starts and Completions by Tenure and Dwelling Type

House building: Dwellings Started is a dataset from the UK's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It provides figures on dwellings built, started, and completed, broken down by tenure, house or flat type, number of bedrooms, and other variables. The data is presented by type and geographical area, and includes time series.

Use Cases

• Forecast housing supply trends based on time-series data on starts and completions.
• Analyze the distribution of new dwellings by tenure type (e.g., social vs. private).
• Model the composition of new housing stock based on variables like dwelling type (house/flat) and bedroom count.
• Assess regional disparities in construction activity based on geographical breakdowns.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative UK government ministry responsible for housing.
• Includes multiple breakdowns such as tenure, dwelling type, and number of bedrooms.
• Offers data in both cross-sectional and time-series formats.
• Last updated timestamp is explicitly provided: 2026-07 08 13:32:35.107249.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to UK government sources.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official UK construction and planning statistics.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:35.107249; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, with breakdowns by geographical area