Vistry, which is set to become the No. 3 housebuilder in the UK after agreeing to buy Countryside, said its adjusted pre-tax profit for the six months ended June 30 was 189.9 million pounds ($218.67 million), compared with 166.1 million pounds reported a year earlier.

($1 = 0.8684 pounds)

(Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil and Sinchita Mitra in Bengaluru; editing by Uttaresh.V)