Homebuilding in the United Kingdom

Introduction

Homebuilding in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom homebuilding market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The homebuilding industry covers the construction of new residential buildings, including houses and apartments. The industry is considered in terms of production. Volumes refer to the number of new individual dwellings completed in a given year. Values are calculated as the product of volume and average (mean) annual price of a new dwelling to an end-user (such as an owner-occupier), even when the dwelling remains in the ownership of the developer. Any currency conversions used in this report have been calculated using constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.

*The UK homebuilding industry had total revenue of $47.3 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -7.2% between 2006 and 2010.

*Industry production volumes decreased with a CARC of -9% between 2006-2010, to reach a total of 146.7 thousand units in 2010.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 7.7% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $68.5 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key homebuilding market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United Kingdom homebuilding market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the United Kingdom homebuilding market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United Kingdom homebuilding market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

How large is the United Kingdom’s homebuilding market in relation to its regional counterparts?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET VOLUME 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION 12
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 14
Supplier power 15
New entrants 16
Substitutes 17
Rivalry 18
LEADING COMPANIES 19
Bellway plc 19
Persimmon PLC 23
Taylor Wimpey PLC 26
Barratt Developments PLC 30
MARKET FORECASTS 33
Market value forecast 33
Market volume forecast 34
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 35
APPENDIX 37
Methodology 37
Industry associations 38
Related Datamonitor research 38
Disclaimer 39
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 40
Premium Reports 40
Summary Reports 40
Datamonitor consulting 40

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom homebuilding industry value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: United Kingdom homebuilding industry volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Table 3: United Kingdom homebuilding industry segmentation: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Bellway plc: key facts 19
Table 5: Bellway plc: key financials ($) 20
Table 6: Bellway plc: key financials (£) 20
Table 7: Bellway plc: key financial ratios 21
Table 8: Persimmon PLC: key facts 23
Table 9: Persimmon PLC: key financials ($) 24
Table 10: Persimmon PLC: key financials (£) 24
Table 11: Persimmon PLC: key financial ratios 24
Table 12: Taylor Wimpey PLC: key facts 26
Table 13: Taylor Wimpey PLC: key financials ($) 28
Table 14: Taylor Wimpey PLC: key financials (£) 28
Table 15: Taylor Wimpey PLC: key financial ratios 28
Table 16: Barratt Developments PLC: key facts 30
Table 17: Barratt Developments PLC: key financials ($) 31
Table 18: Barratt Developments PLC: key financials (£) 31
Table 19: Barratt Developments PLC: key financial ratios 31
Table 20: United Kingdom homebuilding industry value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 33
Table 21: United Kingdom homebuilding industry volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 34
Table 22: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2006–10 35
Table 23: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 35
Table 24: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 35
Table 25: United Kingdom inflation, 2006–10 36
Table 26: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 36
Table 27: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2006–10 36

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom homebuilding industry value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: United Kingdom homebuilding industry volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: United Kingdom homebuilding industry segmentation: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the homebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the homebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the homebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the homebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the homebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 17
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the homebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 18
Figure 10: Bellway plc: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 11: Bellway plc: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 12: Persimmon PLC: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 13: Persimmon PLC: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 14: Taylor Wimpey PLC: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 15: Taylor Wimpey PLC: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 16: Barratt Developments PLC: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 17: Barratt Developments PLC: assets & liabilities 32
Figure 18: United Kingdom homebuilding industry value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 33
Figure 19: United Kingdom homebuilding industry volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 34


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