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Barratt Developments

  • 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 [...]

  • May’s stamp duty tax on foreign buyers forces down FTSE developers’ share prices

    October 1, 2018

    More than half a billion pounds was wiped off the value of some of the UK’s largest housebuilders today, as the City digested news of Theresa May’s planned property tax on foreign buyers. Shares in Berkeley Group, Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey all slid in the wake of the Prime Minister’s weekend announcement to slap [...]

  • Building bonanza at Barratt as profits jump 45 per cent

    September 9, 2015

    Success in the housebuilding market continues apace, after Barratt reported another jump in profits. The figures This kind of fare has become standard among housebuilders in recent years: profit before tax jumped 44.8 per cent  to £565.5m  in the year to the end of June, while revenues rose 19.1 per cent to £3.76bn and basic earnings per share jumped 45.8 per [...]

  • Housebuilder shares drop on “vanilla” house price growth

    August 18, 2015

    Shares in the UK's largest listed housebuilders fell today, despite official figures showing annual house price growth rose to 5.7 per cent in June. Shares in Barratt fell 1.45 per cent to 643.5p in late morning trading, while Berkeley Group was down just under one per cent at 3,422p. Meanwhile, shares in Persimmon, which posted [...]

  • Housebuilder shares rise as government launches £36m fund to build first-time buyer homes on brownfield sites

    August 10, 2015

    Shares in the UK's largest housebuilders rose today after the government unveiled two funds collectively worth £36m aimed at building homes for first-time buyers on brownfield sites. Communities secretary Greg Clark said a £26m fund will be used to acquire brownfield sites to provide land for starter homes, while another, £10m, fund is aimed at [...]

  • Barratt Developments to beat forecasts with 45pc rise in profits

    July 9, 2015

    The figures Housebuilder Barratt Developments is expecting a 45 per cent increase in profits for the year to the end of June, it said in a trading update today. The company is set to beat analysts’ forecasts, with a full-year pre-tax profit up to around £565m, while total forward sales are expected to have risen 29.6 per [...]

  • July Budget 2015: Buy-to-let tax relief cut hits housebuilders as Foxtons, Barratt, Crest Nicholson and Berkeley Group share prices slide

    July 8, 2015

    Shares in housebuilders and estate agents slid yesterday as the chancellor announced plans to curb the booming buy-to-let sector by cutting tax relief.    While homeowners had mortgage interest relief withdrawn 15 years ago, buy-to-let landlords have continued to reap the benefits, with the wealthiest able to reclaim 45p of every £1 they pay in [...]

  • William Hill’s finance chief Neil Cooper trades in horseracing for housebuilding at Barratt Developments

    June 18, 2015

    Bookmaker William Hill yesterday said that its group finance director Neil Cooper is leaving after five years to join Barratt Developments. Cooper is going back to his housebuilding roots, having previously held the role of finance director at Bovis Homes before joining William Hill. His contract has a 12 month notice period, but his actual [...]

  • UK house prices: Building new properties doesn’t drive down prices, study shows

    June 7, 2015

    Building new properties doesn't drive down house prices, according to a study by the London School of Economics. By looking at the price impacts of a series of Barrat Homes developments in suburbs and villages over the past five years, the researchers found no evidence of a price depreciation.   In fact, in some cases [...]

  • Barratt Developments boss Mark Clare warns Tories over housing

    May 13, 2015

    The boss of Britain’s biggest housebuilder has called on the new Tory government to accelerate its sell-off of public sector land in order to help solve the country’s housing crisis.   Mark Clare, the chief of Barratt Developments, said the election outcome ushered in a “positive political and economic environment” for housing, with the Conservatives [...]

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