Inland Homes is seeking a joint venture partner to bring forward new schemes through its affordable housing arm, Rosewood Housing.
The developer launched the registered provider last year in a move to diversify its business streams.
Chair Terry Roydon said: “We have identified a further pipeline of new opportunities that are a mix of shared ownership, social and discounted market rent units and will be seeking a joint venture partner to move this business forward.”
Inland posted a pretax profit year-on-year increase of 1.9% to £5.5m, for the six months to 31 December 2018. It reported a 16% revenue decline to £51m, as it expected.
Its private housing performance dropped, with completed homes down 16% to 81 and forward sales revenue down 50% to £19.3m.
However, its partnership housing division income tripled to £15m, and its order book increased 326% to £140m, with 496 homes under construction.
Inland is at advanced stage discussions with a housing association for the forward funding of its £95m Barking scheme.
Roydon said: “The current market conditions in the south and south-east are showing signs of a slowdown, but the demand for new homes continues to significantly outstrip supply.
“Our ability to secure partnership housing deals alongside private house-building balances our business model during these times of uncertainty.”
Stephen Wicks, chief executive at Inland Homes, said: “Despite well-reported political and economic uncertainty, demand for new homes continues to significantly outstrip supply.
“With our high-quality land holdings, the business has a strong platform to complete its transition from a business that was predominantly focused on land trading to a business predicated on delivering our medium-term annual target of 500 homes for sale and 500 homes for partnership housing.”
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