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National Customer Satisfaction Survey

Published: 16 Jul 2024
Last updated: 4 Mar 2026

CSS and HBF Star Ratings Scheme



The National New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey and HBF Star Rating scheme launched in 2005 and is one of the UK’s most comprehensive industry research initiatives.



HBF Star Rating logos and resources

View and download the scheme's brand guidelines, logos and brochures, and find out how to order promotional materials.

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Browse 12-month rolling data

The rolling 12-month data table is updated every quarter to provide an indication of customer satisfaction.

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View the scheme's FAQs

Learn more about the scheme's backgrounds, scores and how home builders and their buyers participate in the scheme

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View HBF Star Rating results

Review performance scores from the most recent annual HBF Star Ratings, based on feedback from new build home buyers.

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Join the CSS and HBF Star Rating scheme

Learn more about how home builders can sign up to the National Customer Satisfaction Survey and HBF Star Rating scheme.

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2025 HBF Star Rating results

The 2025 National New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey results show that 94% of new build home buyers would ‘recommend their builder to a friend’, the fifth successive year that the industry has upheld a score of 90% or above.

The scores represent a 4% lift on last year and mark half a decade of the industry achieving a score of 90% or above

Home builder Sample Surveyed HBF Star Rating**
A & J Stephen 16
Allison Homes 117
Amethyst Homes 20
Avant Homes 848
Bargate Homes 32
Barratt Developments 5,852
Beal Developments 72
Bellway Homes 4,035
Bloor Homes 1,740
CALA Group 1,209
Cameron Homes 80
Campion Homes 26
Castle Green Homes 109
Cavanna Homes 55
Churchill Living 215
Crest Nicholson 560
Croudace Homes 113
Cruden Homes 28
Dandara Homes 397
Davidsons Developments 293
Denbury Homes 38
Durkan 43
Hayfield Homes 69
Hill Holdings 248
Hopkins Homes 199
Jones Homes 150
Keepmoat 1,044
Kingswood Homes 33
Lagan Homes 95
Lioncourt Homes 66
Lovell Partnerships 366
M F Freeman 28
McCarthy Stone 377
Miller Homes 1,589
Morris Homes 221
Norfolk Homes 34
Orbit Homes 63
Persimmon Homes 5,016
Redrow Homes 1,809
Robertson Homes 161
Rose Builders 27
Spitfire Homes 81
St Modwen 481
Stancliffe Homes 22
Stonebond Properties 29
Story Homes 598
Strata Homes 181
Taylor Wimpey 3,904
Thakeham Group 55
Tilia Homes 267
Vistry Homes 2,459
Wain Homes 421
William Davis 79
Key
= over 1,000 surveys sent
= between 300-999 surveys sent
= less than 300 surveys sent
**HBF Star Rating Key
= 90%+
= 80% - 89.9%
= 70% - 79.9%
= 60% - 69.9%
= 50% - 59.9%
= The builder did not build sufficient homes / receive sufficient responses to the survey in this 12 month period for their score to be statistically robust enough to publish


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Rolling 12-month data table


The rolling 12-month data table is updated every quarter to provide an indication of customer satisfaction.

Please refer to our FAQs for more details on how the results are calculated.

Home builder Sample Surveyed Percentage
A & J Stephen
Allison Homes Ltd 144 90.3%
Avant Homes 847 89.3%
Barratt Developments 5,572 95.2%
Beal Developments 87 95.4%
Bellway Homes 4,169 96.3%
Bloor Homes 1,747 98%
CALA Homes 1,029 96.2%
Cameron Homes 56 96.4%
Campion Homes 25 100%
Castle Green Homes 135 98.5%
Cavanna Homes 29 89.7%
Churchill Retirement Living 189 92.9%
Crest Nicholson 466 94.3%
Croudace Homes 132 89.3%
Cruden Homes 44 83.7%
Dandara Homes 434 95.4%
Davidsons Developments 360 94.1%
Denbury Homes 45 97.7%
Durkan 52 96.2%
Hill 232 96.1%
Hopkins Homes 211 96.2%
Jones Homes 149 94.6%
Keepmoat 1,013 94.1%
Kingswood Homes 48 97.9%
Lagan Homes 137 91.9%
Lioncourt Homes 84 97.6%
Lovell 323 91.6%
M F Freeman 23 100%
McCarthy & Stone 230 90.5%
Miller Homes 2,086 95%
Morris Homes 260 95.4%
Norfolk Homes 38 100%
Orbit Homes 45 100%
Persimmon Homes 5,042 93.8%
Redrow Homes 1,877 95.4%
Robertson Homes 163 95.7%
Rose Builders 39 100%
Spitfire Bespoke Homes 110 96.3%
Stonebond Properties 30 96.7%
Story Homes 455 94.7%
Strata Homes 165 94.4%
Taylor Wimpey 4,035 94.8%
Thakeham Homes 53 98%
Tilia Homes 314 90.4%
Vistry Homes 2,271 91.5%
Wainhomes 388 91.7%
William Davis 94 89.2%

For Q1 2019 scores were rounded up or down to the nearest full percentage point. Numbers up to .5 were rounded down; numbers from .5 were rounded up. (i.e 94.3% would be rounded down to 94% and a score of 94.6 would be rounded up to 95%)

Key
= over 1,000 surveys sent
= between 300-999 surveys sent
= less than 300 surveys sent
= The builder did not build sufficient homes / receive sufficient responses to the survey in this 12 month period for their score to be statistically robust enough to publish