There’s been a continued steady but modest growth of housing stock, according to the latest data released by the States.

Released today, the ‘2025 Annual Residential Property Stock Report’ shows the total number of domestic property units in Guernsey grew by 0.4% in 2025, reaching a total of 27,799 units. 

This increase was driven by a mix of new builds, splitting properties, and administrative updates – allowing people to reclassify some dwellings, such as dower units.

The report itself states that during last year, 127 new units were created and 65 units were removed, a net increase of 62.  

106 of those were new builds, and an additional 42 units added through the “administrative amendments”, which included dower units and separate wings of properties. 

Where’s being developed?

The development of properties is highest in St Sampson’s (36) and Castel (30), with the only parish seeing a decrease in the amount of properties being St Peter Port (-3). 

St Peter Port remains the most densely populated parish, with almost a third of the island’s residential properties located within it. It’s also the only parish with a unit density in four figures, with 1,418 units per km2. 

What people prefer

The island’s housing remains heavily focused on larger, more traditional dwellings rather than high-density options.

The annual report states that “74.5% of all domestic property units were houses or bungalows” and specifically that “almost a third of all domestic property units (31.5%) had 3 bedrooms”.  

The report itself also highlights a ​strong sense of local ownership and occupancy, with a majority of Guernsey’s property stock occupied by owners rather than renters.

According to the findings, “61.2% of the units were owner occupied” whilst “86.8% of domestic property units had an owner whose address was in Guernsey”. 

Open v Local

At the end of last year, Guernsey’s had 27,799 domestic property units, with Local Market accounting for the lion’s share (94.2% or 26,192 units) and the Open Market making up the remaining 5.8% (1,607 units).  

The number of Local Market units has increased by 0.4% in 2025, and has seen a total growth of 4.3% since 2016 (1,073 units), whilst the Open Market saw a more modest increase of 0.1% in 2025.  

Turnover in the Local Market also increased last year, with 3.8% of units being conveyed compared to 2.8% in 2024.  

According to the report, open market properties are generally larger than those on the Local Market, with the most common size falling within the 251 to 300 TRP unit band (16.4%), and over a fifth of units having a TRP over 500, (21.0%).