{"id":6168,"date":"2016-02-27T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/earn-23000-a-year-this-man-wants-to-sell-you-a-home\/"},"modified":"2016-02-27T23:07:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:07:11","slug":"earn-23000-a-year-this-man-wants-to-sell-you-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/earn-23000-a-year-this-man-wants-to-sell-you-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn \u00a323,000 a year? This man wants to sell you a home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGleeson specialises in ultra-low-cost newbuilds for modest earners. Unsurprisingly, in the current market, business is boomingJolyon Harrison is imagining a plot of land in the middle of a council estate. The local authority has demolished some rundown homes, and after years of neglect is trying to get someone to take it on. \u201cOne of the major housebuilders will be invited on to the site, take one look at the council houses and think: bandits,\u201d he says. \u201cWe will look at the council houses and think: customers.\u201dHarrison is chief executive of Gleeson Homes, which focuses on building for people on low incomes. At a time when home ownership at the heart of the government\u2019s housing strategy, it is a good business to be in. On Monday, the firm\u2019s half-year results showed revenue leapt by 52% in the second six months of 2015, and the number of homes sold was up by a quarter year on year. Operating profit almost trebled from \u00a34m to \u00a311.3m. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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