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The UK’s best housebuilder performances

by LLP Reporter
17th Dec 19 3:22 pm

New home specialists, Stone Real Estate, have looked at which of the big housebuilders is putting in the best performance when it comes to homes sold and how the league table has shifted year to year.

Stone Real Estate collected the latest annual results for 11 of the UK’s biggest housebuilders to see who was top of the pile when it comes to the delivery of homes within the sales market and who has stepped up their game the most compared to the previous year.

The most sales

The latest results show that on an annual basis, Barratt’s tops the table with 17,579 completions over a 12 month period, with Persimmon hot on their heels with 16,449 properties sold.

Taylor Wimpey takes the bronze with 14,933 homes sold while Bellway also hit a five-digit sales total with 10,307.

The largest increase

However, while Countryside ranked sixth where total sales are concerned, the company did see the largest increase in sales compared to the previous year, up a tremendous 26.7%. Galliford Try enjoyed an annual increase of 7.8% in sales volume with Redrow (7.5%) and Bellway (6.9%) also seeing some of the biggest increases.

Highest average sold price

When it comes to the price secured for their properties, Berkeley achieved the highest sold price at £725,000, with Crest Nicholson ranking second with an average sold price of £393,000.

Founder and CEO of Stone Real Estate, Michael Stone said, “Despite ongoing market uncertainty and other issues to have impacted the new build sector over the last few years, the nation’s big housebuilders have continued to support the market with the delivery of new homes.

“This has been vital in meeting the demand for housing from first-time buyers in particular and the consistently higher transaction levels and price growth achieved by the new build sector when compared to the traditional market is the proof in the pudding of the great work that has taken place.

“It’s also great to see that regardless of size or reputation there is a great variety of names ranking in the top spots when it comes to the most sales, the most improved performances, and the highest sold prices, which this demonstrates the diversity of the sector and those within it.”

Ranked by the highest number of homes sold  
Developer Number of homes sold / completions Average selling price  
Barratt 17,579 £288,900  
Persimmon 16,449 £215,563  
Taylor Wimpey 14,933 £263,900  
Bellway 10,307 £284,937  
Redrow 5,718 £332,300  
Countryside 4,295 £252,820  
Galliford Try 4,193 £235,250  
Bovis 3,759 £273,200  
Berkeley 3,678 £725,000  
Crest Nicholson 3,020 £393,000  
McCarthy & Stone 2,134 £300,000  
       
Ranked by the biggest increase in the number of homes sold    
Developer Change / growth % – number of homes sold / completions    
Countryside 26.7%    
Galliford Try 7.8%    
Redrow 7.5%    
Bellway 6.9%    
Bovis 3.1%    
Crest Nicholson 2.9%    
Taylor Wimpey 2.7%    
Persimmon 2.5%    
Barratt 1.1%    
Berkeley -5.8%    
McCarthy & Stone -7.3%    
       
Ranked by the highest sold price  
Developer Number of homes sold / completions Average selling price  
Berkeley 3,678 £725,000  
Crest Nicholson 3,020 £393,000  
Redrow 5,718 £332,300  
McCarthy & Stone 2,134 £300,000  
Barratt 17,579 £288,900  
Bellway 10,307 £284,937  
Bovis 3,759 £273,200  
Taylor Wimpey 14,933 £263,900  
Countryside 4,295 £252,820  
Galliford Try 4,193 £235,250  
Persimmon 16,449 £215,563  
*Data is based on company records for 2018 performance and change compared to 2017 as the latest full data sets available.  
       
Sources    
Persimmon Link    
Bovis Link    
Bellway Link    
Taylor Wimpey Link    
Barratt Link    
Countryside Link    
Crest Nicholson Link    
Redrow Link    
Berkeley Link    
Galliford Try Link    
McCarthy & Stone Link    

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