Housing association continues to increase spend on existing stock

L&Q has announced a 7% increase in completions for the nine months to 31 December 2025.

The 110,000-home housing association, in an unaudited update today, said it completed 1,506 homes in the period, up from 1,410 in the same period last time.

The increase is despite L&Q setting a lowered development target of 2,069 completions for the full year, which would be down on the 2,316 it completed last year.

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L&Q said it increased its maintenance spend during the period

L&Q continues to move towards investing more in improving existing stock with maintenance spend rising from £253m to £285m.

The group’s turnover dropped from £803m to £764m.

Its total surplus nearly tripled from £50m to £138m due to one-off costs in the previous period but its operating surplus excluding non-recurring items fell from £342m to £299m

L&Q said it is projecting an operating surplus of between £340m to £360m for the full year, which compares to £377m in 2024/2025.

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