Barratt has maintained its position as Britain’s biggest housebuilder according to this year’s rankings produced for the 2010 Housing Market Intelligence Report and launched this month. <br> <br> The table ranks housebuilders by turnover, and while Barratt’s figure dropped over the period from £3.4 billion to £2.1 billion, these falls were repeated among its rivals. Taylor Wimpey maintained its second spot with turnover of £1.7 billion (last year £2.4 billion) and Persimmon stayed third with £1.4 billion (£1.8 billion). Indeed the Top Six stayed the same, with Bellway, Berkeley and Galliford Try filling the final places. <br> <br> This year’s table – which by and large shows results for 2009 – reflects the depths of the downfall in the industry with the number of homes built in the period by the top six falling from 54,428 to 40,012.<br> <br> The Housing Market Intelligence Report – in addition to revealing Britain’s Top 75 housebuilders – includes analysis of the economy, the housing market, the planning system, demographics and regional trends.<br> <br> New planning data from Barbour ABI in the report reveals that there was a rush to get planning approvals leading up to the election followed by a slump as communities …