FY2025 New Housing Starts at 711,171 Units, Down 12.9%: Owner-Occupied, Rental and Sale Housing All FellAbout 710,000 new homes were started in FY2025, more than 10% fewer than the year before
According to MLIT's Building Starts Statistics Survey Report (FY2025 total, published April 30, 2026), new housing starts in FY2025 (Reiwa 7) were 711,171 units, down 12.9% from the previous fiscal year. Owner-occupied, rental and sale housing all decreased. Condominiums for sale were 82,881 units, down 21.2%.The government checks every month how many new homes were started and announces it. In FY2025 (April 2025 to March 2026), 711,171 homes were started, 12.9% fewer than the year before. Homes people build to live in, homes built to rent, and homes built to sell all went down.
Compared with the year beforeUnits in FY2025
Homes to live in (owner-occupied)Down 12.6%195,111
Homes to rent (rental)Down 13.5%308,906
Condominiums for saleDown 21.2%82,881
Detached houses for saleDown 5.9%115,200