The bookies were wrong, the pollsters were wrong and almost half the country thinks the electorate were wrong, but it's the other half that counts. The EU referendum vote is decisive: Britain will leave the EU. The markets have reacted, with both the pound and the FTSE taking a hammering. Housebuilders have seen among the largest share price falls, with most following the same pattern: a sharp drop when the markets opened after the referendum result, followed by a slight comeback and then bumping along for the rest of the day at between 20 and 25 per cent lower than they closed the previous night.
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