<p>Persimmon has described its operational performance so far this year as “excellent”, with the group delivering higher volumes of newly built homes across all regional markets, “supported by the resilience of the UK economy”. </p> <p>Total forward sales revenue, including legal completions taken to date in 2017, stands at £2.56 billion, about 11% higher than last year (2016: £2.31 billion). The firm’s weekly private sales rate per site is 12% ahead of last year, with 8,928 new homes sold forward into the private ownership market with an average selling price of around £229,500, an increase of 4.1% over the prior year.</p> <p>Persimmon has opened 67 of the 90 new sites planned for the first half of the year and the group is currently developing 382 active sales outlets across the UK and is building new homes on all sites that have an implementable detailed planning consent.</p>