Between April 2024 and March 2025, there were 190,600 new homes built in England, according to latest government statistics.
Add in the 17,710 new homes created from change of use between non-domestic and residential, 3,850 from conversions between houses and flats and 1,080 other gains (caravans, house boats, etc), offset by 4,630 demolitions, and there was a total of 208,600 net additional dwellings in 2024/25, a 6% decrease on 2023/24.
Since the start of Parliament on 9th July 2024, there have been an estimate 275,600 net additional homes delivered in England, as of 9th November 2025.
In the first eight months of the current financial year, between 1st April 2025 and 9th November 2025, there have been an estimated 124,800 net additional homes delivered in England.
David Crosthwaite, chief economist at the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), said: “The latest figures underline the scale of the challenge facing the government. With net additions falling for the third consecutive year, delivery is moving further away from where it needs to be.
“On the current trajectory, we are looking at something closer to 1 million homes over the parliament, rather than the 1.5 million that has been promised.
“The estimate that 124,800 net additions have been delivered so far this financial year would put England on course for roughly 204,000 homes in 2025/26 (seasonal differences excepted), which is further evidence that not enough is happening on the ground to change the direction of travel.
“This is a self-imposed target, and the emerging shortfall is becoming increasingly self-inflicted. The longer it takes for demand to stimulate housebuilding beyond current suppressed levels, the larger the delivery burden becomes later in the parliament, and it is nigh on impossible to see how those numbers could realistically be achieved.”
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