FTSE 100 close: London closes another disappointing week in the red February 9, 2024 Shares in Tesco climbed after Barclays confirmed that it was buying the supermarket's retail banking arm for around £600m.
Bellway optimistic on housing market despite slump in revenue and completions February 9, 2024 Bellway Homes is hoping the UK housing market will support a "recovery" year for its operations
Shares tumble for struggling FTSE housebuilders: ‘The scale of challenge cannot be swept under carpet’ July 13, 2023 The share price of London FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 house builders all took a tumble this morning, as fresh reports highlighting the state of the property market dampened investor confidence. Barratt was the hardest to fall this morning, with its shares sliding 4.67 per cent, as the group reported a 49 per cent decline [...]
Bellway on track after strong spring selling period but uncertain rate environment poses challenges June 13, 2023 FTSE 250 Bellway is on track to meet its guidance for the full year after a strong spring selling season even as sales remain well below last year. From the beginning of February to 4 June, the reservation rate averaged 190 homes per week compared to 253 in the same period last year, a fall [...]
Bellway: How a spring uplift in the property market is giving housebuilder cause for optimism March 28, 2023 Bellway has said homebuyer demand has started to improve after seeing reservations plunge by nearly 50 per cent due to soaring mortgage rates. The housebuilder group, whose headquarters are in Newcastle, reported underlying pre-tax profits falling 4.6 per cent to £312.1 million for the six months to January 31. It delivered record revenues, up 1.6 [...]
Housebuilder Bellway banks record revenue – but inflation eats into profits October 18, 2022 Bellway has recorded yet another record revenue amidst the UK’s housing market boom, but rising inflation has significantly eaten into profits. The FTSE housebuilder’s revenue grew 13.3 per cent to £3.53bn in the year to 31 July, up from £3.12bn a year prior. However, Bellway’s pre-tax profit has plunged more than a third over the [...]
Bellway and Crest Nicholson shares soar as record property prices boost housebuilders June 14, 2022 Shares in Bellway and Crest Nicholson have risen this afternoon, following upbeat trading updates which signal that record house prices are filling the pockets of housebuilders. Developer Bellway has seen its sales reservations continue to climb past their pandemic heights, as demand shows little sign of slowing. The London-listed real estate firm, whose shares rose [...]
Cladding bill nears £2bn mark as Bellway, Vistry and Countryside Partnership pledge to fix homes April 7, 2022 Housebuilders’ pledges to repairing unsafe cladding has neared a bill of £2bn as Bellway pledged £485m to fix homes on Thursday. According to analysis from AJ Bell, the total bill now stands at £1.8bn, with FTSE 100 developer Berkeley yet to declare how much it will provide. The department for levelling up, housing and communities [...]
Housebuilders’ share prices plunge as government cracks down on cladding crisis January 10, 2022 Homebuilders’ share prices tumbled on Monday as the government said it was prepared to force developers to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding. Housing minister Michael Gove has handed builders a March deadline to agree a plan to protect leaseholders who cannot sell their homes due to their fire defects. Leaseholders have called on [...]
Bellway’s profits double despite supply chain woes slowing construction activities October 19, 2021 Housebuilder Bellway said this morning that its annual profits more than doubled, but cautioned that supply chain woes are holding back construction activity. The group posted a 102.4 per cent jump in pre-tax profits to £479m for the year to July 31 as revenues leaped 40.3 per cent to £3.12bn thanks to a booming property [...]