Scottish housebuilding figures hit ‘historic lows’

By Daniel Gayne2025-12-17T12:20:00

Start and completion stats drop across social and private sector

The Scottish social housing sector has recorded its lowest level of new housing starts since current records began, the latest official figures show.

New build starts by the social sector in the year to the end of September 2025 fell to 3,031, a drop of 10% and the lowest level since the beginning of the data collection in 1997.

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