Persimmon “traded well” during the first half of the year, the volume housebuilder said today (July 2), with its new home legal completion volumes climbing 7% against the first six months of 2014. Giving an update ahead of its half year results to June 30 2015, Persimmon said that its legal completions totalled 6,855 units against 2014’s 6,408. Customer sentiment …