taylor wimpey plc said thursday that pretax profit grew in 2022 on higher selling prices though it expects sales to fall in 2023 the house builder said pretax profit for 2022 was 8279 million pounds 9956 million compared with gbp6796 million the year before as average selling prices rose 4 to gbp313000 and house price inflation offset build cost inflation revenue rose to gbp442 billion from gbp428 billion the year before the company said that adjusted pretax profitone of its preferred metrics which strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemsrose to gbp9079 million from gbp8046 million a year before the board declared a final dividend of 478 pence bringing the total for the year to 940 pence from 858 pence a year prior taylor wimpey said its sales rate has recovered somewhat since the minibudgetdriven collapse in the fourth quarter net private sales for the year to feb 26 stood at 062 per outlet a week down from 102 in the equivalent 2022 period the companys order book excluding joint ventures was gbp215 billion down from gbp290 billion at the same time a year prior and spread across 8078 homes if current sales rates persist it sees 900010500 home completions over 2023 compared with 14152 in 2022