Barratt Developments and Bovis Homes shares slide on UBS downgrade
20th Sep 2016 09:16
(ShareCast News) - Barratt Developments and Bovis Homes were under the cosh on Tuesday after UBS downgraded the housebuilders to 'neutral' from 'buy' as it reviewed the sector. UBS said market dynamics have been "significantly more benign" in July and August following the UK's vote to leave the Euro
Read moreWednesday newspaper share tips: Persimmon perused by pundits
24th Aug 2016 15:15
(ShareCast News) - "Persimmon is really only as safe as the houses the government pays it to build," contends Financial Times' Lex column. It noted the demand-over-supply mismatch in the UK housing market, boosting prices. This made for fertile ground in Persimmon's case. "But," opined Lex, "it is
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Housebuilders lead equities higher
23rd Aug 2016 13:58
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 rose 0.66% to 6,873.69 points in afternoon trade on Tuesday, with housebuilders topping the London index. Persimmon led housebuilders higher after reporting a better-than-expected jump in first half profits. Pre-tax profit rose 29% to £352.3m in the six months to 30 J
Read morePersimmon's H1 drags house builders higher, bodes well for sector in 2016
23rd Aug 2016 12:18
(ShareCast News) - UK house builders are topping the FTSE 100 leaders ladder today thanks to Persimmon's chipper interims, prompting some to highlight the sector's 2016 potential. The sector has turned in a lumpy performance over the past 12 months, but it had zipped higher after a dive immediately
Read morePersimmon's first half profits exceed expectations
23rd Aug 2016 07:12
(ShareCast News) - Persimmon reported a better-than-expected jump in first half pre-tax profit on Tuesday as the housebuilder shrugged off Brexit uncertainty. Pre-tax profit rose 29% to £352.3m in the six months to 30 June on a 12% increase in revenue to £1.49bn. Analysts at Deutsche Bank had antici
Read moreTuesday preview: Persimmon to report strong first half results
22nd Aug 2016 12:30
(ShareCast News) - Persimmon is expected to shrug off Brexit uncertainty with a jump in profits in its first half results, due on Tuesday. In an update on 5 July, the housebuilder said trading during the first half of the year has been "strong" with a 6% year-on-year increase in the number of comple
Read moreLondon close: Stocks taper as sterling, commodity prices lose traction
19th Aug 2016 16:08
(ShareCast News) - UK stocks whimpered to a lower close on Friday as sterling lost traction on renewed Brexit fears and commodity prices headed south. The spectre of the Lisbon Treaty's Article 50 rose once more, following a media report that claimed UK Prime Minister Theresa May was sympathetic to
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: house builders, miners sag as easyJet firms
19th Aug 2016 14:32
(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 100 tiptoed lower as a string of house builders sagged amid lingering concerns about the UK real estate market, and several miners slumped alongside metals prices. House builders were led lower by Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey and Barratt Developments, investors exiting t
Read moreBroker tips: Persimmon, Restaurant Group, Cobham
15th Aug 2016 10:25
(ShareCast News) - UK housebuilding shares have fallen 25% since Britain voted to leave the European Union and the sector has priced in a 5% drop in house prices, J.P. Morgan Cazenove said on Monday "However, while we think it's prudent to assume that transaction numbers will fall during 2017 (altho
Read moreJP Morgan upgrades Persimmon, downgrades Countryside Properties
15th Aug 2016 10:05
(ShareCast News) - UK housebuilding shares have fallen 25% since Britain voted to leave the European Union and the sector has priced in a 5% drop in house prices, J.P. Morgan Cazenove said on Monday. "However, while we think it's prudent to assume that transaction numbers will fall during 2017 (alth
Read moreHousebuilders subside as Deutsche Bank slashes targets due to Brexit
26th Jul 2016 10:38
(ShareCast News) - Deutsche Bank cut its price targets for all UK housebuilders in light of Brexit uncertainty, although the bank continued to be positive about the sector. Barrett Developments' target price was cut to 575p from 667p; Berkeley to 3,829p from 3,981p; Bovis to 1,190p from 1,322p; Bell
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Property stocks rally, miners slide
20th Jul 2016 16:42
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 gained 0.47% to 6,728.99 points at the close, buoyed by a rally in real estate and housebuilder stocks. Real estate investors and housebuilders, including Land Securities and Persimmon, a day after a report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) cons
Read moreSunday share tips: Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Marks & Spencer, Lloyds Banking
17th Jul 2016 12:22
(ShareCast News) - Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares could be worth buying, said the Sunday Times' Inside the City column, if shareholders vote to accept a debt restructuring deal that will leave them just 14% of the embattled oil producer. Shares in the Kurdistan-focused company last week dipped below
Read moreSector movers: House builders and banks rally
8th Jul 2016 18:37
(ShareCast News) - House builders, banks topped the blue-chip winners' ladder at close of play on Friday, having last week and this suffered under the shadow of Britain's non-binding vote to quit the EU. Taylor Wimpey, Berkeley Group, Barratt Developments and Persimmon sprinted higher with gains of
Read moreLondon close: Banks, financials and property fly amid BoE rate-cut chatter
7th Jul 2016 16:38
(ShareCast News) - UK shares flew north with Associated British Foods leading blue chips on a chipper update and chased by a peloton of banking, financial and property stocks on rising expectations of a Bank of England rate-cut next week. "Today marks the first day since the (non-binding Brexit) ref
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