Cairn Homes in profit as building accelerates

Home builder targeting 11,500 new homes at its 27 sites

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Irish home builder Cairn Homes, which is listed on the London stock market, has reported a pre-tax profit before exceptional items of just over €500,000 for the first half of this year, following a €1m loss in the same period last year as it accelerated its building activity.

After exceptional costs of €1.2m, there was a pre-tax loss of just over €700,000. Total revenues of €16m generated operating profits of just over €2.8m.