Building firm still bullish by Sophie He and Derek Yiu
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
BBMG Corporation (2009) - a building materials maker and property developer - is optimistic that mainland property prices will rise steadily this year, despite government curbs on the sector.
"Our property development projects are all in first-tier cities where demand exceeds supply," said chairman and executive director Jiang Weiping.
Jiang said the selling price of its residential properties has not gone down since tighter measures were launched to cool the real estate sector.
Property development contributed 31 percent of BBMG's total revenue of 11.7 billion yuan (HK$13.3 billion) and 36 percent of its total gross profit of 3.26 billion yuan.
The company had land reserves of 5.59 million square meters as of the end of March and is planning to increase its land bank.
Jiang said the average cost of its land is 3,350 yuan per square meter while the gross profit ratio for property development is more than 33 percent.
BBMG's capital expenditure was 4.5 billion yuan for 2009, and a significant increase is expected this year. Jiang said its cash in hand, bank credit and the medium- term notes it plans to issue will amount to 2.3 billion yuan.
This is enough to support its capital expenditure.
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