Vistry Group Plc sold 9% fewer homes in 2025 after uncertainty driven by the UK budget created a “subdued market” in the second half of the year. The homebuilder, which works with housing associations to develop affordable homes, said total completions fell to 15,700 in 2025, from 17,225 a year earlier. The firm sold an average of 0.96 homes a week from each of its sites in the period, a slowdown ...
Vistry Group Plc sold 9% fewer homes in 2025 after uncertainty driven by the UK budget created a “subdued market” in the second half of the year. The homebuilder, which works with housing associations to develop affordable homes, said total completions fell to 15,700 in 2025, from 17,225 a year earlier. The firm sold an average of 0.96 homes a week from each of its sites in the period, a slowdown from the 1.07 sales rate in the previous year, according to a statement Wednesday. Uncertainty related to the November budget “delayed the timing of some partner funded deals,” Chief Executive Officer Greg Fitzgerald said in the statement. Still, the company had a “strong second half performance despite continued challenges in the open market.” Read more: Persimmon UK Home Sales Rose 12% in 2025, Beating Estimates Frequent UK tax changes combined with a rise in planning and regulatory hurdles have weighed on the pace of development in recent years. Since Labour took power in 2024, UK building activity has contracted at the sharpest pace since the depths of the pandemic, threatening a key manifesto pledge by the party that it would build 1.5 million homes over the course of the five-year parliament. Rampant speculation about the measures Chancellor Rachel Reeves might use to plug a fiscal black hole were a drag on home sales in the run up to the November budget as buyers and sellers waited for the details of potential tax changes. Still, some UK developers have struck an optimistic tone this year as home loan costs decline and promised planning reforms are set to come into effect. Persimmon Plc said Tuesday that early indications from its Boxing Day marketing campaign had been “encouraging,” helped by lower mortgage rates. In late 2024, Vistry cut its earnings guidance three times in as many months. It attributed the profit warnings to delays in year-end completions and costs being understated in its South Division. Vistry said it expected adjusted pretax profit to rise 2.5%...
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