Housebuilder shares rally after rumours of stamp duty cut HOUSEBUILDERS Housebuilders shares rallied on Wednesday after reports Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to slash stamp duty in her mini-budget on Friday. Truss is expected to announce a cut to stamp duty as a rabbit in the mini-budget, a report in The Times newspaper suggested. The report, which suggested Truss intends the policy to fuel [...]
Housebuilder Berkeley on track for £600m profit despite spiralling costs property Berkeley, one of the biggest housebuilders in the country, is on track to hit £600m in pre-tax profit this financial year and £625m the next despite spiralling costs. The FTSE housebuilder said that current levels of demand for homes in the UK is “sufficient to cover the cost increases”, as inflation hits energy, raw materials [...]
Berkeley Group profits rise to over £550m after ‘exceptionally volatile period’ Property The boss of property developer Berkeley Group hailed “extraordinary” progress made in the past year today as the firm posted a 6 per cent rise in pre-tax profits for the full year to April.
Berkeley snaps up National Grid’s stake in joint venture for over £400m March 15, 2022 Property developer Berkeley has acquired the National Grid’s stake in a realty joint venture for £412.5m. The London-listed house builder snapped up the remaining 50 per cent interest in its St William Homes joint venture, it announced on Tuesday. Rob Perrins, Berkeley’s chief executive said: “The vision of our innovative partnership was to take National [...]
Berkeley upgrades guidance on strong demand for London housing December 8, 2021 Housebuilder Berkeley Group this morning upgraded its earnings guidance for the current financial year by 5 per cent, after a “resilient sales market” coupled with its investment in new regeneration development projects across London helped it deliver profit ahead of estimates. Earnings guidance was raised for pre-tax profits to increase by 5 per cent a year [...]
‘London will flourish again’ says Berkeley Group as it lands £500m profit June 23, 2021 London received a vote of confidence from Berkeley Group this morning as the housebuilder’s boss said he believed the capital is set for a post-pandemic boom. The Group made a profit before tax of more than half a billion pounds in its last financial year, much of which was driven by the sale of properties [...]
Wall Street closes lower on inflation jitters May 10, 2021 Wall Street closed lower on today as inflation fears drove investors away from market-leading growth stocks in favour of cyclicals, which stand to benefit most as the economy reopens. Industrial and healthcare shares limited the Dow’s decline but the blue-chip average reversed course late in the session to snap a three-day streak of record closing [...]
UK housebuilder Berkeley Group expects profits to flatline despite housing boom March 12, 2021 Berkeley Group said this morning that profits are set to flatline this year, in line with expectations. The UK housebuilder said it is on track to post a similar profit to last year’s £503m, and that forward sales are expected to be more than £1.7bn for the year. It estimated that future gross margin in [...]
Berkeley Group holds guidance on robust trading despite Covid-19 hit September 4, 2020 Property developer Berkeley Group today maintained its guidance for the full year after reporting better-than-expected trading during the coronavirus outbreak. The FTSE 100 housebuilder held its forecast for pre-tax profit of £500m and confirmed its plan to return £280m to shareholders per year. Berkeley said it now expected a more even split in profit between [...]
Tony Pidgley, self-made co-founder of FTSE 100 homebuilder Berkeley, dies at 72 June 27, 2020 British homebuilder Berkeley Group has said its chairman and co-founder, Tony Pidgley, died suddenly on Friday, aged 72. “He died of a stroke, he was working yesterday and went to (the) hospital last night and then sadly passed away earlier today,” a company spokesman told Reuters. Pidgley helped set up Berkeley Group in 1976 and [...]