Average house prices for new instructions regarding newbuild properties being marketed in the South West have dropped by £33,120 when compared to a year previously in October 2024, according to data from by Propertymark.
Additionally, Yorkshire and Humberside saw a £33,104 drop during the same period for average house prices for instructions relating to newbuild houses.
Throughout the entire nation, the overall price for a new instruction for a newbuild house coming to the market stands at £442,281. This represents a £15,138 increase for the average price for a new instruction for a newbuild property since Propertymark’s last newbuilds report that was published in the summer. The last report found that this figure stood at £427,143 in July 2025.
Affordability remains a challenge for many people when it comes to buying a property.
With devolved administrations throughout the UK focusing on their own individual housing targets, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill aims to enable the building of 1.5 million new homes in England. Currently, this proposed legislation is working its way through the parliamentary process, as it progresses towards becoming law.
With the upcoming Autumn Budget now firmly on the horizon and with speculation on a potential replacement regarding Stamp Duty for those in England and Northern Ireland, there is a strong possibility for any alternative proposed tax framework to impact newbuild property prices across the forthcoming year.
Average instruction price of newbuild properties and year on year change by individual region.
Note: Average new build instruction prices for Northen Ireland are not included this quarter, due to insufficient base data volumes.
Oct-25
Overall Prices
Year on Year Change Price
Scotland
£371,855
£17,145
Wales
£381,914
£4,682
East Midlands
£378,423
£15,959
East of England
£523,344
£21,165
London (inner and outer London)
£819,800
£102,685
North East
£344,568
£15,771
North West
£372,622
£61,404
South East
£574,894
£20,283
South West
£432,873
-£33,120
West Midlands
£381,031
£201
Yorkshire and Humberside
£320,841
-£33,104
Nathan Emerson, CEO at Propertymark, said:
“With an ever-growing population comes a defined commitment to ensure there is a sustainable mix of new dwellings to keep pace with future demand. Across all nations, various governments have made key pledges to build ambitious numbers of new properties. However, it remains prudent to ensure such homes are designed and built to deliver realistic affordability and better certainty regarding long term pricing trends.
“While the price of raw materials and labour generally trends upwards over time, from a consumer viewpoint, it can appear puzzling to see such year-on-year price fluctuations on new homes coming to the market.
“It is important to consider house pricing is influenced by many complex metrics, which may include the initial cost of the land any such properties are built on, the type of property being constructed, the cost of design, and the intricacies of the planning approval process, as well as the availability of base materials at any particular time, to credit just a few considerations.”
