Barratt builds on Help to Buy boost

Barratt Developments has seen a sharp jump in property sales thanks to the Government's 'Help to Buy' scheme and says the current market was the strongest since the credit crunch.

Barratt Developments has seen a sharp jump in property sales thanks to the Government's 'Help to Buy' scheme and says the current market was the strongest since the credit crunch.

Management at the housebuilder said consumer demand and mortgage supply had created the most positive market conditions it had seen for five years and that it expected to deliver a "significant year on year improvement in operating profit" for the full year.

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