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    • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
      Persimmon sells more homes than expected as mortgage rates ease

      FTSE 250 housebuilder says it sold nearly 10,000 new homes in 2023 but warns of uncertain year ahead

      A house in Colchester, UK, with a Persimmon-branded sign in front of it
    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Property sector
      UK housing market braced for make-or-break spring

      The first months of the year are typically estate agents and housebuilders’ busiest time for sales

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Lex
      Persimmon: UK housebuilder is trading close to trough valuations Premium content

      One of the country’s largest builders of new homes looks like a recovery play

      A worker secures wood roofing trusses on a Persimmon residential property
    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Persimmon warns new home sales may fall 40% on current trends

      Market slowed sharply last year after lenders raised rates in response to disastrous UK mini-Budget

      A digger passes a partly completed home on a Persimmon Plc residential property construction site in Harlow, UK
    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      UK housebuilding
      UK housebuilders in retreat amid property downturn

      Developers cut back on buying land in effort to ride out weaker market

      A show home on a Taylor Wimpey residential housing construction site in Maldon
    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Persimmon cuts dividend as housing sales tumble

      Shares slide after housebuilder warns of ‘increased uncertainty’ and higher taxes

      A roofer works on a Persimmon housing construction site
    • Saturday, 21 August, 2021
      Investments
      Investors’ Chronicle: Hochschild Mining, Persimmon, Goodwin

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
      Persimmon says UK housing market returning to normal

      Seasonal patterns starting to resume after disruption caused by lockdowns, government stimulus and lifestyle changes

      A Persimmon building site
    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      UK housebuilding
      Aviva and Persimmon to change leasehold terms after UK watchdog probe

      Competition and Markets Authority had warned of potential breaches of consumer protection law

      A worker places a sold sign on a house at a Persimmon residential construction site
    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
      LombardProperty sector
      Housebuilders won’t be fazed by the cladding outcry

      Reparations for high-rise flats are reputation management; silence is golden for buyout fund target Equiniti

    • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
      Persimmon sales slow as end of stamp duty holiday nears

      Changes to UK government’s Help to Buy subsidy scheme also expected to dampen property market

      A bricklayer puts cement on bricks at a Persimmon housing site in Grays, Essex
    • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
      Property sector
      Property groups reinstate dividends despite pandemic hit

      Landsec and Persimmon announce payouts as they point to robust performances

      In central London, which constitutes more than two-thirds of Landsec’s portfolio by value, 99% of office rent had been collected in the six months to September
    • Friday, 4 September, 2020
      Competition & Markets Authority
      UK opens enforcement action against housebuilders over leaseholds

      Watchdog names Persimmon, Barratt, Countryside and Taylor Wimpey in potential mis-selling probe

      Workers at a Countryside Properties construction site in Chelmsford. The CMA said it had written to housebuilders ‘outlining its concerns and requiring information’
    • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
      Persimmon to restore dividend even as profits sink 43%

      Housebuilder’s order book has swollen despite the pandemic

    • Friday, 24 July, 2020
      Financials
      Outgoing boss of housebuilder Persimmon sells down

      Chief executive Dave Jenkinson cuts stake as he prepares to step down after just over a year in the role

    • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
      Persimmon raises rebound hopes with strong forward sales

      Homebuilder buoyed as activity on building sites returns to normal levels

    • Saturday, 27 June, 2020
      Inside LondonBryce Elder
      Are UK housebuilders really on solid foundations?

      Market faces obvious strains, but analysts are almost uniformly bullish

    • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
      LombardRetail sector
      Landlords pay the price for JD Sports’ empire building

      Leases put to torch; National Express boss hops on Persimmon bus; Naked Wine’s ambition

    • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
      Persimmon picks National Express boss Dean Finch as new CEO

      Appointment comes as Covid-19 crisis disrupts UK housebuilding industry

    • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
      UK companies
      FTSE bosses back on full pay after pandemic wage cuts

      Foxtons, Severn Trent, Persimmon and others reinstate chiefs’ salaries as wave of job cuts hits Britain

    • Monday, 11 May, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      For housebuilders, this time really should be different

      Construction groups on stronger footings; bell tolls for Dignity; copper-tinged Barrick Gold

      Socially-distanced building sites pose all sorts of logistical challenges
    • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
      Persimmon announces boss to step down after just over year in job

      Dave Jenkinson will leave in wake of report that criticised quality of company’s homes

    • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
      UK housebuilding
      UK housebuilders optimistic but quality concerns linger

      Persimmon and Vistry to continue focus on customer satisfaction

      A bricklayer uses a spirit level to check a wall on flats being built on a Persimmon construction site. Persimmon said to improve quality, it was restricting the release of new homes for sale in higher demand areas until construction was at a more advanced stage.
    • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Persimmon report shows capitalism at its worst

      The housebuilding industry needs to rediscover its sense of purpose

      A bricklayer builds a wall at a Persimmon Plc residential construction site in Grays, U.K., on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. Persimmon are due to report their first half results on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 17 December, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Persimmon’s bosses cashed in as fire safety went unchecked

      Review calls for housebuilder to change culture after £85m payout

      A bricklayer puts cement on bricks at a Persimmon Plc residential construction site in Grays, U.K., on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. Persimmon are due to report their first half results on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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