(Reuters) – UK homebuilder Taylor Wimpey Plc on Wednesday joined bigger rivals in forecasting sustained demand in the medium term and returned to a half-year profit as Britain’s housing sector boom stands to outlast the tax holiday period.
Britain’s third-largest homebuilder forecast 2021 operating profit of about 820 million pounds ($1.14 billion), above the top end of the company-compiled consensus range of 756-808 million pounds.
Pre-tax profit for the six months ended July 4 came in at 287.5 million pounds, compared to a loss of 39.8 million pounds in the pandemic-hit period a year earlier.
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(Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)
