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BUZZ-UK property cos: updates get divergent reactions

Reuters - UK Focus

** Property cos Savills & Bovis Homes at opposite ends of the FTSE 250 after trading updates

** Consultant Savills top riser, up 6.7 pct at levels last seen in 2007 as raises 2014 profit forecast; saw strong performances across its businesses in Dec

** Builder BH 6th-top faller & at lowest levels since Oct; update broadly in-line, but volume will increase at a slower pace in 2015 than 2014

** Numis Secs cuts rating on BH to "add" vs "buy" & reduces its 2015 ests in view of more cautious outlook on volumes

** Among most actively traded midcap stocks; Savills (LSE: SVS.L - news) traded more than twice 90-day daily avg volume & Bovis its normal volume already (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)