jeff fairburn joins us on the phone from birmingham.id that you have seen a continuation in the third quarter strong summer sales. give us more flavor around how strong your business is at the moment then. good levels seeing of interest across the board, really, on the sides. , up 19%.vation rate that is compared to the same point last year. it has been strong right through earlier on this year, so very encouraging. we were marketme and it is very good online demand. looking at the comments i cannot with your earnings, you are talking about the du referendum, uncertainty may continue for some time, but at the same time, you are upbeat about how trading has evolved. talk us through what the impact has been on your sales from the ongoing brexit uncertainty. jeff: there was a short period of uncertainty around the vote, but actually, confidence returned quickly. improve against the comparables from last year which was also a good selling time for us, so at the moment, it is very affordable to buy new homes in the u k, particularly for firs

jeff fairburn, ceo of persimmon, joining us to talk about the post-brexit votes housing market in the u k. that will do it for "bloomberg daybreak: europe." "bloomberg markets: european open" is up next. ♪ guest: welcome to bloomberg markets the european it open. guy: i am guy johnson. caroline hyde at the german capital, berlin. stocks slumped along with the mexican peso. our investors finally waking up to the possibility of a trump presidency? the fed is also in focus with the u.s. votes less than one week away. no move is expected. metal bashing. will prices recover or will oil drag the sector low-er? caroline: you're looking at the futures at the moment. we are seeing risk aversion. this is seven days, the stocks have been falling. the u.s. also falling to six days. the longest losing streak since all the way back in august, 2015. what is us talk about happening around the world. the trump presidency story is firmly in focus. look at what happened to the nikkei overnight. by 0.4%.up point 7%.s up zero in the general theme and we are finally waking up to even the possibility of a t