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Publication - Research and analysis

Scottish Housing Market Review: Q2 2025

Published
17 July 2025
From
Cabinet Secretary for Housing
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate, +1 more … Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Housing
ISBN
9781836919230

Quarterly bulletin collating a range of previously published statistics on the latest trends in the Scottish housing market.

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10. Housing Supply

For a broader analysis of the latest housing supply data, which includes information on the geographical distribution of new build and affordable housing supply across local authorities, visit the Housing Statistics for Scotland webpage.

10.1. New Build

In 2024-25, there were 19,288 all-sector new-build completions in Scotland, a 4% fall on 2023-24; meanwhile, there were 15,053 starts, down by 11%. Within this, there were 14,798 private-sector completions, which was similar to 2023-24 (14,733), and 11,902 private-sector starts, down by 12%. Social sector completions totalled 4,490, down 15% on 2023-24, while there were 3,151 social sector starts, down by 10%.

Looking at financial years, and excluding 2020-21 from the comparison due to the impact Covid-19 had on housebuilding activity, new-build completions in 2024-25 were at their lowest since the 17,564 recorded in 2017-18, while social sector completions were at their lowest level since the 3,708 recorded in 2016-17.

Chart 10.1 New-build completions by sector: Scotland (4-quarter moving total, to Q1 2025)
Chart 10.1 provides a breakdown of new build completions in Scotland by sector, namely private sector, local authority and housing association, on a 4-quarter rolling average basis.

Source: Scottish Government

10.2. Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP)

The number of AHSP completions fell from 9,515 in 2023-24 to 7,444 in 2024-25 (down 22%). Meanwhile, over this time period, the number of AHSP starts fell by 1,471 to 5,424 and the number of approvals fell by 2,167 to 4,775.

The Scottish Government has a target to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, of which at least 70% will be for social rent. By March 2025, 28,537 affordable homes had been completed towards the target, comprising 21,937 (77%) homes for social rent, 4,087 (14%) for affordable rent, and 2,513 (9%) for affordable home ownership.

Chart 10.2 AHSP completions (4-quarter moving total, to Q1 2025)
Chart 10.2 provides a breakdown of Affordable Housing Supply Programme completions in Scotland by sector, namely social rent, affordable rent and affordable home ownership, on a 4-quarter rolling average basis.

Source: Scottish Government

Contact

Email: Jake.forsyth@gov.scot

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