Persimmon Share News (PSN)

Barratt Developments rallies on UK housing intiatives

LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Shares in Barratt Developments and other UK house builders rallied on Wednesday after British finance minister George Os
[20 Mar '13]

Britain's Osborne presents budget update

LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - For highlights of British finance minister George Osborne's budget statement to parliament, click on
[20 Mar '13]

UPDATE 2-L&G wants more deals after stake in UK housebuilder

* Buys 97.7 million pound stake in CALA Group* First direct investment, has 36.5 bln pounds to invest* Keen to invest in infrastructure, housingBy Bre
[18 Mar '13]

UPDATE 1-Legal & General to buy stake in UK housebuilder Cala

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Insurer Legal & General said on Monday it has bought a 46.5 percent stake in Cala Group from Lloyds Banking Group in a d
[18 Mar '13]

UPDATE 1-UK's Berkeley on track to meet full year expectations

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - British housebuilder Berkeley said it was on track to return 568 million pounds ($859 million) in cash to shareholders an
[18 Mar '13]

UPDATE 2-Taylor Wimpey sees UK housing market on firmer footing

* Says market started more positively in prior years* Cautiously optimistic as banks more willing to lend* 2012 profit rises 106 pct to 185.3 mln stgB
[1 Mar '13]

UPDATE 1-Taylor Wimpey year profit doubles

LONDON, Mar 1 (Reuters) - British housebuilder Taylor Wimpey beat forecasts with a 106 percent rise in 2012 profit and said it was cautiously optimis
[1 Mar '13]

UPDATE 2-Housebuilder Barratt lifted by mortgage market thaw

* NewBuy scheme firing on all cylinders, says CEO* Order book hits 1.1 bln stg for first 8 weeks of year* H1 pretax profit more than doubles to 46.1 m
[27 Feb '13]