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The housebuilder recorded a figure of £11.7 million during the same period last year and also revealed £8.9 million in writedowns, something that may interest those trading Bovis shares on the stock market.
With these taken into account, the firm slipped to a pre-tax loss of £8.6 million but the company said it has made good progress in areas such as boosting sales and reducing debts over the opening half of the year.
"The group has achieved a net cash in hand position of £7 million and anticipates having a net cash in hand position at the end of 2009," stated chief executive David Ritchie.
Private home reservations were up 92 per cent in the period, he remarked, while overheads had been cut by 48 per cent.
Shares in Bovis were priced at 546p at 14:13 BST, an increase of 8.5p.
