Homebuyers shrugging off Brexit uncertainty has enabled Countryside Properties to report a big jump in half-year sales.
The building company, which has increased its output after taking over Westleigh, a rival, sold 2,362 homes in the six months to the end of March, a 43% increase on the previous year. Excluding Westleigh, the housebuilder sold 8% more homes than last year.
Ian Sutcliffe, chief executive, said that customers were feeling Brexit fatigue after the “Brexit hyperbole” in the run up to Christmas. “Underlying demand for housing is still there and people need to get on with their lives,” he said.
