Persimmon has reported a surge in pre-tax profits for the six months to the end of June of £208.9m, compared with £132.9m a year earlier. New home sales rose 28% to 6,408, compared with 5,022 a year earlier. Persimmon said that average selling prices were 4.3% higher at £186,970 compared with £179,199 a year ago.
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House prices which defy gravity mean that there’s a generation of kids who face renting for decades. Practically every home-owner in the South-East now has to worry about IHT. Any return of interest rates to anything like normal levels will precipitate another wave of belt-tightening. But don’t worry – it’s all worth it: house-builders are making good profits.