Overall, the housebuilder’s half-year guidance shows completions, revenues and operating profit are all up from last summer.

With revenues up, Persimmon’s underlying operating profit has increased by 13% to £172m.

Full-year operating profit guidance for the year remains unchanged.

Persimmon’s forward sales order book has hit £1.25bn in the six months to June 2025, up 11% from the same point in 2024.

This has partly been helped by an 8% growth in sales prices, with a Persimmon home being sold for an average of £284,047 in 2025.

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The housebuilder’s CEO, Dean Finch, says the company is on track to meet its previously guided range of 11,000 to 11,500 completions for the year.

This is off the back of 4,605 homes being completed in the first half of 2025, up 4% from the same point in 2024.

“I am pleased that we have continued to grow in the first half of the year despite challenging market conditions and with affordability still an important constraint,” says Dean.

“Our average sales price, sales, completions, planning approvals, active sites and forward order book are all up, many against industry trends, showing that our strategy including a focus on self-help has continued to deliver.

“An improvement in operating profit and return on capital demonstrate the benefit of our on-going operational discipline.”