Persimmon’s pre-tax profit in 2013 climbed 49% to £330 million against 2012, reflecting the marked improvement in the housing market.

Housing starts in England climbed 23% last year against 2012 to reach the highest level seen since 2007, according to government figures released.

The Persimmon Group acquired 17,600 new plots of land during 2013 and enjoyed a “strong finish” to the year, a trading update has revealed today.

The Welsh Government’s new Help to Buy Wales scheme, which goes live on 2nd January, will enable thousands of first-time buyers to buy a brand new home in Wales with a 5% deposit.

Lending to fund construction of residential property has shrunk by 10% in the last five months, despite the introduction of the first phase of the government’s Help to Buy scheme to...

Major house builders last week met with Housing Minister Mark Prisk to tell him that the demand side mortgage support measures introduced by Government were working and would lead...

Persimmon Homes has today announced it is recruiting for 225 young people to join the business

Industry confident output will increase ‘significantly’ as 4000 new home reservations are reported in just two months

Planning Minister Nick Boles challenges councils to find land for local people to build their ‘Grand Design’

The Build to Rent Fund is designed to help developers invest in homes built specifically for private rent by reducing the up-front risk in a relatively untested market