Barratt and Redrow merger is 'all about the land'
A new housebuilding powerhouse could deliver much-needed homes, but this deal ensures that a ‘slick operator’ acquires the necessary acres, insiders say
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A new housebuilding powerhouse could deliver much-needed homes, but this deal ensures that a ‘slick operator’ acquires the necessary acres, insiders say
The combined firm - Barratt Redrow - will be the UK's largest residential developer. able to build around 23,000 homes a year.
An all British deal between FTSE100 firms is almost always preferable to an overseas or private equity takeover which weakens UK equity markets.
Wednesday trading also saw indexes in Germany and France dropping.
London's stock markets finished in the red on Wednesday, as investors digested fresh house price data as well as news of a big merger in the housebuilding sector.