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Vistry - Increased focus on social / affordable housing and pre-sales could double profit to £800m medium term

November 2023

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  • Epic Code:
  • VTY
  • Price:
  • 790p
While most UK house builders are trading near muti-year lows due to rising interest rates affecting affordability for new buyers, shares in Vistry have stood out this year with a near 50% rise. Virtually alone amongst its quoted peer group, CEO Greg Fitzgerald has fundamentally reshaped its business model by announcing it is to focus its entire business on partnership housing in which developers work to build homes for long term investors such as housing associations, local authorities and build-to-rent landlords, reducing its dependence on open market private sales. Going forward, open market sales will reduce in importance to just 35% of plots for each development scheme. The larger 65% partnership chunk will be pre-sold before work ha ...

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