.12 Oct 2009 22:47
Well tw. are builders so they're construction sector as opposed to developers in the real estate sector.
I'm in the construction industry, I work for a construction company which has it's hands in all sectors of construction, we have definitely started to notice an improvement with more developers pushing go on their prospective projects. We've had alot of jobs that we tendered/negotiated last year, and although the clients were happy with the costs, the bank would not fund the project, and thus nothing was actually being landed. The last 2-3 months the banks seem to have began to turn the tap back on when it comes to funding, and projects are finally getting on the ground.
DUPDs website gives a good insight into their upcoming projects, and one would like to hope that they will have the banks backing to go ahead with the prospective projects. Their plans are vast and very impressive. This therefore is a great long-term investment as well as a short-term recovery stock.
In the short term I believe we will see good end of year results, which show that asset values have not fallen too much, if at all since the last valuations (which DUPD assure were very conservative, in fact, many assets were listed down at cost price!) and reinforce the fact that these are way undervalued.
With the global economy showing the first signs of recovery, and DUPD's brilliant cash position, they should be very well placed to carry on where they left off before the crash