Persimmon reports sales up by a quarter on 2020

By Joey Gardiner2021-04-28T09:28:00

Forward orders also ahead of pre-pandemic 2019 levels, housebuilder says

Persimmon has reported strong demand for its homes in the first few months of 2021, leaving it with forward sales of £3bn – nearly 25% ahead of last year.

In a trading update to the City today ahead of its annual general meeting, the £3.3bn turnover housebuilder said that weekly sales per site were not only “well ahead of 2020” – which would be expected given that the comparable period includes a month of the 2020 lockdown – but were also 17% up on the sales achieved in the equivalent period in 2019.

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