UPDATE 2-Drive to raise quality hits profit at UK housebuilder Persimmon <!-- no image --> <div>* Persimmon expects higher annual costs (Recasts top, adds analyst comment, shares, details on earnings)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Q_vvfeaWpiY:HrXCuSZJ0LI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Q_vvfeaWpiY:HrXCuSZJ0LI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Q_vvfeaWpiY:HrXCuSZJ0LI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Q_vvfeaWpiY:HrXCuSZJ0LI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Q_vvfeaWpiY:HrXCuSZJ0LI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Q_vvfeaWpiY" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters