Persimmon reports strong sales

By Joey Gardiner2020-11-10T11:03:00

But housebuilder says market share now back at ‘more normal levels’

Persimmon has said private homes sales in the third quarter of the year were 38% higher than last year and was on course to complete at least as many homes in the second half of 2020 as it did in 2019.

The housebuilder, which has benefitted from not having put any staff on furlough during the first lockdown, said in a trading update that it expected to be able to work through the second lockdown relatively unaffected, maintaining pre-covid build rates.

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