Vistry Group Faces Housing Market Headwinds

21 days ago

Khloe Mele

"Yes, service through a house builder that it's seeing a bit of weakness and usually we uh that weakness in in house builders happens when we get data about the troubled housing market in the UK and today we got some data from Lloyds about uh the commuter towns around London seeing the biggest drop in house prices in 2025. So we're talking about um £35,000 being wiped off the valuation of the average home in a community commuter town like Crawley for example. Um so this really exemplifies that big gap that we are seeing that widening gap between the housing market in and around London which is the most expensive in the country of course um and and the rest of of the UK. So house prices and the growth in house prices is actually doing quite well in places like Scotland and and Yorkshire and Plymouth. Plymouth was actually the one where the house price growth was the strongest uh but not in London and not in the areas around London either. And that is a problem uh for housebuilders because it really shows kind of the magnitude of the challenges that they're facing despite all the planning reform and and the efforts from the government to to try and and get the that housing market back on track."

The discussion on Vistry Group outlines challenges in the UK housing market, highlighting a significant drop in home valuations in certain commuter towns as indicated by Lloyds data. The commentary underscores the widening disparity between London and other regions, reflecting potential headwinds for the housebuilder.

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