Bellway 希望に満ちた as 住宅 利益／興味 選ぶs up

By This Is Money
Updated: 09:58 BST, 31 March 2009

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Housebuilder Bellway 最高潮の場面d 調印するs of life in the 所有物／資産／財産 market today after an 改良 in activity so far this year.

Looking 今後: Bellway has its year end 的 in sight

The Newcastle-based group said 訪問者 numbers and 保留（地）／予約 率s were up in the first 11 weeks of 2009 compared with the final five months of last year.

But Bellway 警告を与えるd it had yet to see any '一貫した and 長引かせるd' 改良 in 消費者 信用／信任.

暫定的な 人物／姿／数字s from the group 明らかにする／漏らすd 普通の／平均（する） 所有物／資産／財産 prices 低迷d 11% to £156,100 in the six months to January 31, while it sold 2,014 homes against more than 3,250 a year ago.

Bellway 急落（する），激減（する）d into the red with half-year pre-税金 losses of £48.6m compared with a £96.9m 利益（をあげる） a year earlier after taking writedowns in the value of its land of £66.3m.

An 増加する in 買い手 利益／興味 helped to slow the 拒絶する／低下する in 保留（地）／予約s to 13%, '生成するing 楽観主義 that our 現在の year end 的 is achievable,' によれば the group.

Its order 調書をとる／予約する had sunk to £296m at the end of January - almost half the level seen 12 months earlier.

Bellway said the north of England had been more 不正に 影響する／感情d by the 住宅 下降, with a 59% dive in the number of sale 完成s over the six-month period.

The south saw a '比較して modest' 14% 拒絶する／低下する to 1,286 homes, it 追加するd.

But prices 全体にわたる have fallen by a ４半期/4分の1 since the 頂点（に達する） in August 2007, with 落ちるs of anything up to 40% in some 場所s, said Bellway.

Sale 取り消しs are also running at 歴史的に high levels of around 26%. It has been 誘惑するing 買い手s with incentives, such as 株d 公正，普通株主権 and part-交流 - used in '事実上 every' 私的な 保留（地）／予約.

However, 株 rose 4% today as the market 元気づけるd news of an 改良 in 保留（地）／予約s and as it 確認するd it was ahead of its planned 負債 削減 programme.

逮捕する 負債 was trimmed by almost £40m in the half-year, to £178.8m and Bellway co ntinues to 'operate comfortably' within its banking covenants - a 重要な 関心 for housebuilders, given the slide in 所有物／資産／財産 and land values.