Housebuilder's profits plummet 96%
Updated on 27 August 2008
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has said its first-half underlying profits dived 96 per cent to £4.3 million as it wrestled with the housing market downturn.
The firm, which is the UK's biggest homebuilder by number of properties built, racked up overall pre-tax losses of £1.54 billion.
This was after writing off £690 million from the value of its land bank and another £816 million in relation to the merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey last year.
Debt-laden Taylor Wimpey also said it is working to amend its borrowing agreements.
It said it hoped these would be finalised by the end of the year.
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