Summerset expects unit sales to keep rising after record 2nd quarter

Summerset expects unit sales to keep rising after record 2nd quarter
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth July 7 (BusinessDesk) - Summerset Group, the retirement village operator and developer, expects the opening of a new village in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie later this year will keep sales humming after posting a record quarter in the three months through June.  The Wellington-based company lifted occupation rights sales 28 percent to 185 in the three months ended June 30, its biggest quarter since the company was founded. Of those, new sales were up 32 percent to 77 from the same quarter a year earlier, and resales ros...