<div class="story story_Body_copy" id="bc07d097-cdbe-e85f-6e6d-ffeb214366f9"><p class="para para_Bodycopy"><span class="char char_$ID/[No_character_style]" style="font-family: 'MemorandumSG'; color: #005466; ">I</span><span class="char char_$ID/[No_character_style]">t has certainly been an interesting summer. Chris Endsor, chief executive of Miller Homes, delivers this spot-on reflection as he sits with </span><span class="char char_$ID/[No_character_style]" style="font-style: italic; "><em>Housebuilder</em></span><span class="char char_$ID/[No_character_style]"> on a roof terrace in London in late August, enjoying what could be the last warm dregs of a somewhat unforgettable season.</span></p><p class="para para_Bodycopy"><span class="char char_$ID/[No_character_style]">The housebuilding industry is now settling into the crucial autumn selling period, which could indicate just how much the sector is to be affected by the UK’s decision to exit the European Union. Against the recent economic and political malaise, stock-enhancing results from the likes of Persimmon and others tell a good story so far.</span></p><p class="para para_Bodycopy"><span class="char char_$ID/[No_character_style]"></span><span class="char char_$ID/[No_character_style]">And Endsor, a likeable, demonstrative man, is sanguine about the performance of his own business since June. Miller Homes is one of the UK’s largest privately owned housebuilders, delivering largely family homes in Scotland, northern England, the Midlands and the south. Endsor, a qualified quantity surveyor, boasts 35 years’ housebuilding experience and has been steering the Miller ship since 2011 after joining the fold in 2000. When Miller reported its 2015 …