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Written by Daley Young Almost 50,000 new homes were built in the first three months of this year, the highest quarterly figure for more than 20 years, according to the latest government housebuilding figures. Building control data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for England from January to March 2021, showed that 49,470 home completions were
Written by Daley Young In a new report launched in Parliament on 4th March, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) highlighted the diverse workforce needed to ensure that the UK meets the challenge of building 300,000 homes every year. It also stated that more than 49,000 new recruits were necessary to increase housebuilding to meet the government’s target. The report, Building a Future:
Written by Daley Young The potential merger of Bovis Homes and Galliford Try’s housebuilding businesses goes through it would create the UK’s fourth largest housebuilder, says Stephen Teagle, chief executive of Galliford Try Partnerships and Regeneration. Speaking to Housebuilder, Teagle said the possible sale of GT’s housebuilding and partnerships and regeneration arms to Bovis would create a “sector leading regeneration
Written by Daley Young Barratt has delivered its highest number of completions for 11 years in the 12 months to the end of June with profit before tax expected to be ahead of expectation at around £910 million against £835.5 million last year. Today issuing a trading update for the year, Barratt said it had completed 17,856 homes including
Written by Daley Young Countryside Properties has reported stronger customer demand after a “slower start to the year” and is “on track to deliver expectations for the full year”. The housebuilder and regeneration company said this month that its half year trading had been “solid”. During the six months from October 1 2018 to March 31 2019, its total
Written by Daley Young Persimmon’s profits hit £1 billion during its year to December 31st, 2018, it reported whilst also announcing its new group chief executive as Dave Jenkinson on 26th February. During 2018, the volume housebuilder’s pre-tax profit climbed 13% to £1.091 billion against 2017, with a 13% increase in operating profits to £1.083 billion. Revenue lifted 4%
Written by Daley Young Bellway completed 5,007 homes in the six months to the end of January 2019, 5.6% ahead of last year. Total revenue is expected to rise by more than 12% to almost £1.5 billion. In a trading statement issued at the beginning of February ahead of its interim results next month, Bellway said it had achieved
Written by Daley Young Countryside Properties has reported a strong performed in its first quarter with the business placing more emphasis on private rented sector and affordable properties. Issuing an update on the period from October 1 to December 31 2018, the housebuilder and urban regeneration partner said that its total group completions climbed 28% to 1,094 homes against
Written by Daley Young On February 26th Persimmon will release its full year results but the volume housebuilder has already revealed its achieved another “strong trading performance” during 2018 and expects its pre-tax profits for the year ending December 31 2018 to be “modestly ahead” of current market consensus, with the company benefiting from the new schemes it has
Written by Daley Young Barratt Developments and Berkeley Group have reported to the city this month with Barratt saying “another outstanding year” and Berkeley continuing to progress in the challenging London and south east market. During its year ending June 30 2018, Barratt achieved its highest number of completions for a decade at 17,579 completions in total with private