UK housebuilder Bellway ups selling price expectations and reinstates dividend March 24, 2021 Bellway this morning reinstated its dividend and upped its selling price expectations for this year as the UK housebuilder reported strong demand for new homes. The FTSE 250 developer said the full-year average selling price is now forecast to be more than £295,000, up from a previous estimate of £293,054. It announced it will reinstate [...]
Bellway revenue soars as first-half housing completions break records February 9, 2021 UK housebuilder Bellway reported that completions rose to record-breaking levels in the first half of the year, sending revenue soaring. Housing revenue jumped more than 12 per cent to £1.72bn in the first half, up from £1.52bn the previous year. The number of homes sold rose 6.3 per cent to 5,656, compared to 5,321. Bellway [...]
Housebuilder Bellway restarts dividend as new orders jump October 20, 2020 UK housebuilder Bellway has resumed the payment of its dividend after the recent surge in housing market activity helped push up forward orders by 43 per cent. The group reported that pre-tax profit fell to £236.7 in the year ended July. That compared to £662.6 a year earlier. However, the future is looking brighter amid [...]
Bellway cautious on trading after coronavirus lockdown forces house sales down June 9, 2020 British housebuilder Bellway sold about 1,000 fewer homes between August and May, after it closed its centres because of the coronavirus lockdown. The Newcastle-based company, which has restarted construction activity on around 230 sites, warned this morning that it expects sales activity to be “severely constrained”, driving shares down 2.7 per cent. Bellway sold 6,721 [...]
Housebuilders boosted by HSBC stock upgrade February 19, 2020 Shares in housebuilding firms jumped today after HSBC upgraded its view on the stocks, saying the decisive general election result “unleashed pent-up demand” in activity. Berkeley’s share price rose 3.2 per cent to an all-time high this morning after HSBC upgraded the stock from “hold” to “buy”. The bank now has “buy” ratings on all [...]
Persimmon and Bellway homes found to have significant fire safety issues May 1, 2019 New-build homes made by housing developers Persimmon and Bellway have been sold with missing or incorrect fire barriers, subjecting residents to potentially dangerous fire safety issues, according to reports. Read more: Grenfell-style combustible cladding ban to cost £337m The lack of barriers, designed to halt the spread of flames, could be behind the spread of [...]
Bellway hikes dividend as revenues jump despite Brexit knock on confidence March 27, 2019 Bellway posted a double-digit rise in revenues this morning, shrugging off fears of Brexit uncertainty as cheap borrowing, high employment and the government’s Help to Buy scheme all provided a boon for the housebuilder over the last six months. In its interim results for the half-year to to 31 January 2019, the FTSE 250 developer posted [...]
Bellway set for revenue bump despite Brexit jitters February 7, 2019 Bellway said this morning that it was expecting a rise is sales over the year ahead, despite echoing the cautious sentiment over Brexit from many of its peers within the property industry. Buoyed by demand for affordable homes and government schemes such as Help-to-Buy, Bellway said in a trading update this morning that it expected total [...]
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson issues profit warning blaming tough market conditions October 17, 2018 Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has issued a profit warning and announced that its chief financial officer (CFO) is leaving the business. It is the housebuilder’s third profit warning in two years with the company blaming the difficult market and the uncertain political environment. Read more: Profits surge at housebuilder Bellway but Brexit caution lingers The FTSE [...]
Barratt chair threatened with investor rebellion after shareholders advised to vote against re-election October 16, 2018 Housebuilding giant Barratt Developments could suffer a revolt at its annual general meeting tomorrow, after an influential shareholder advisory group recommended investors vote against the re-election of chairman John Allan. PIRC has said that Allan, who is also chair of Tesco, “cannot effectively represent two corporate cultures…the possibility of having to commit additional time to [...]