UK Private House Building Starts by Dwelling Type and Tenure

Permanent dwellings started in the UK, broken down by tenure, property type, and number of bedrooms. The data 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 an OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in private housing construction starts based on the described breakdown by tenure.
• Compare the volume of house versus flat construction starts based on the property type classification.
• Model housing supply forecasts based on the number of bedrooms per dwelling started.
• Assess regional housing development patterns based on the country-level breakdown.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• The record shows a specific last update timestamp of 2026-07-08 13:31:30.136551.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:30.136551; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom