The number of new homes delivered in England has fallen 4% year on year, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

In the 2024-25 financial year, around 190,600 new-build completions were recorded in England, marking an 8,080-unit downfall from the 198,680 completions achieved in the year prior.

In total, 208,600 additional dwellings were added in 2024-25, dropping from the additional 221,410 dwellings added in 2023-24. Last year also marked a 5% decrease on 2022-23’s additional 234,290 dwellings.

Alongside the new-build completions, there were 17,710 changes of use between non-domestic and residential, 3,850 from conversions between houses and flats and 1,080 other gains (caravans, house boats and so on), offset by 4,630 demolitions.

The government estimated that 124,800 net additional homes were delivered in England between 1 April 2025 and 9 November 2025. It also estimated that 275,600 net additional homes were delivered in between the start of parliament (9 July 2024) and 9 November 2025.

David Crosthwaite, chief economist at the Building Cost Information Service, said the figures underlined the “scale of the challenge facing the government”, particularly regarding the 1.5-million-new-homes target, which will require a significant increase in current housebuilding levels.

“On the current trajectory, we are looking at something closer to one million homes over the parliament, rather than the 1.5 million that has been promised,” he added.

“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, 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.”