nice starting point..

RNS Number : 7751U

Barratt Developments PLC

21 October 2010

NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTORATE CHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LISTING RULES 9.6.14R and 9.6.11

Barratt Developments PLC (the "Company") announces that in light of his appointment as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman Designate of St. Modwen Properties PLC with effect from 1 November 2010, William Shannon has resigned as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

CREDIT SUISSE below 5%

Interim Management Statement.

Highlights



Underlying selling prices remained stable during the period

Total average selling price ("ASP") on completions increased by c. 9% to 180,000, with private ASP increasing by c. 12% to 194,000, driven by changes in mix

Total completion revenues increased by c. 9%

Net private reservations per active site per week were down in the period at 0.45 (2009: 0.55), reflecting weaker customer sentiment

Total forward sales were in line with the prior year at 870.9m

Success in signing large scale partnership agreements

closed my short today (for now).

....for a profit? Cashed in few myself today but I'll be a buyer on any fall back.

Yes I went short @90. I'm still long TW. (as posted previously)

Reasonable volume.

Got a long way to go for me 1.44 I paid and my friend has even further 3.50 so it is a real ouch for us, hope we live long enough to retrieve our money.

This is the beginning of the climb.

I believe so bro.

Pity you didn't point that out at 70p.

(Don't you get fed up having to keep logging in and out with your different aliases? Must be a real nuisance).

Are you speaking to me..?

Two birds with one stone.

Take a look at the AVN thread, ta.

I have.

Crack on then, won't take you long to switch logons back to Hlyeo.

I dont hold.

Oh dear, poor you.

Don't worry about cracking a fingernail, I'll ask Ian.

Please do pat.

Good grief, you've blown your chance to make your first useful contribution to AM - gutted for you.

Me or hlyeo..?