I have curiously been watching property developers stocks melt like ice cubes on the Devils back over the last few weeks...
Taylor Wimpey had seen UK housing reservations drop 45% in the first half of the year and its share price was hammered in response, dropping by as much as 57%, or 34 pence, at one point to 26p! Redrow are well down on their annual high last year and shares in other housebuilders also suffered, with Barratt Developments down 30%, Persimmon 17.6% lower and Bellway dropping 9.4%.
Of course - I'm no expert? But talk around the campfire is gloomy years ahead for property, and those who are backing Eco-Towns are putting their bulldozers in reverse... Bring it on!
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Also interesting is that Belway put in a merger bid for Redrow earlier this year.
At that time, Redrow had shown drops in profit over three years and their share-values were half Belway's. I would have thought that Belway would have pushed for a take-over.
The main attraction of Redrow was that they were carrying more potential housing stock than Belway.
I'm wondering if that "potential" included the eco-town?
Do I smell an (insider) done-deal?
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