"One of the biggest reasons more people are buying new-build homes is that there are simply more of them on the market"
- Dave Sayce - Compare My Move
From June to August 2025, Compare My Move’s conveyancing data shows a 120% rise in new build home purchase enquiries compared with the same period in 2024.
This surge reflects both an increase in overall buyers and a higher proportion choosing new builds. On average, 12% of purchase enquiries during summer 2025 were for new builds, up from 8% in summer 2024.
Month New build purchase enquiries (%)
Jun-24 7.29%
Jul-24 7.94%
Aug-24 8.44%
Jun-25 12.25%
Jul-25 12.01%
Aug-25 11.54%
Alongside the rise in new build interest, total home purchases increased by 45.5% this summer, contributing to a significant uptick in new build transactions. Dave Sayce, co-founder and managing director of Compare My Move, commented on the trends:
“Summer of 2025 has seen a peak of people looking to purchase, and we are currently in the middle of a strong buyer's market. Of course, we were going to see a big difference in the housing market between this summer and last summer, as political uncertainty meant that many people were reluctant to buy surrounding the election on July 4th 2024. I suspect this trend will continue through September, before slowly reducing before the quieter times in the winter.”
He added, “One of the biggest reasons more people are buying new-build homes is that there are simply more of them on the market. In the year ending March 31st, 2025, the number of completed new homes rose by 12%, while housing starts increased by 5%. With this boost in supply, the market is shifting towards buyers. And if the government achieves its target of building 1.5 million homes by 2030, demand for new-build properties is likely to keep rising.”
