Fears over homes target as blue-chip builders fall short By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:51, 13 January 2024 e-mail View comments The number of new homes completed by stock-market listed housebuilders is set to fall below 70,000 this year in a blow to the Government's targets. The ten companies listed on the London Stock Exchange – which include Barratt Developments, Persimmon and Berkeley Group – will build around 69,300 houses and flats between them in 2024, according to forecasts from Peel Hunt. This is slightly less than the 71,000 the broker estimates were finished in 2023 – and a far cry from the 85,000 completed in 2022…
