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Vistry

August 2023

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Notwithstanding the recent surge in gilt yields and fixed rate mortgages, Vistry is holding up better than most in the sector after it said pretax profit will be in excess of £450m this year, £10m higher than its March forecast. A key reason is its Partnerships business (which came into the group following the Countryside acquisition), which partners with local authorities to develop housing on their land and is seeing continued strong demand with the order book standing at £3.1bn out of a total order book of £4,475m in the year to 18 May. The full run rate of £60m synergies from that deal are expected to come in FY 24. Encouragingly, even the private house building side is resilient with private sales rates at 0.83 per wee ...

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