Taylor Woodrow is now notching daily gains, after the price was driven down by MM's during the share buy back, being managed well by the MM's and it is expected to break 300pence on the climb - consensus is that is PBT is 450M then 320p to 350p is not out of range. One to watch in the coming weeks and months, time to get on board is now.

The bonus is the shares just brought back would appear to be ammunition for a buying spree, now who are they going to buy ? They are held as treasury shares, I think something exciting is going to happen here soon.

far more sells than buys today - I can only expect more sales once all the punters open their copies of IC from the doormat.

Many in the sector are rising today - any ideas why?

A few comments in the daily papers might have had an effect, such as "house prices up" and "more mortgages completed for December" ?

We have been looking at houses north of London (although we live in Yorkshire at present) for the last year and have seen quite drastic price drops and incentives galore (ie deposit paid, legal costs paid etc.) maybe I am wrong but it doesn't look long term positive to me imho ?? Incidentally Yorkshire is generally similar, except a few hot spots which always are popular.

This is just our perception - could be living in a bubble I suppose ? Would be interesting to hear others outlook.

The suggestion of interest rate rises should curb enthusiasm.

I started it, and said 300p - and so to finish the thread now is the time to sell it.

Why do you think the US$ is so low ? Because if you want interest rates high (which Bush needs) it will screw the dollar and make it too strong - so let it go down and then rise interest rates and you get high interest rates and the dollar where it always was.

What does this mean - well it means that in 2005 expect US and UK interest rates up - by QUITE A LOT.

House prices will start to go down - then once they start to go down, the dump will come and a big drop.

TWOD to be quite low at the end of this year and 2006 - time to sell is now.

I have sold all mine :) at the 300 predicted at the start of the thread :)))))

Also expect the interest rates (UK) will rise if there is any sniff of a real house price increase, the US housing market is a bubble waiting to burst.

I am short on CWD and TWOD, expect both to fall but the present sector keeps rising and to some high levels over the last 2 days - doesn't do the margin account any good. As well as the opinion on the outcome of interest rates and housing the TA also backs up the theory and the 300p / 306p price limit, unless it breaks through the limit, but on the outlook for the sector I would have expected not to. You never know where the money will be thrown, as EK stated there are a lot of fools around with lots of spare cash. Just hope I am not one of them.

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