Persimmon says it has delivered an “excellent” full year performance with pre-tax profit rising 23% and legal completions up by 599 new homes, a 4% rise. Reporting on the year ending December 31 2016, the volume housebuilder saw its pre-tax profit increase to £774.8 million against 2015. Full year revenue climbed 8% to £3.14 billion. Legal completions increased to 15,171 …