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(ShareCast News) - UK housebuilder Barratt Developments is expected to report a 45% jump in full-year pre-tax profit on Wednesday as the property market continues to thrive.In July the group said it anticipated pre-tax profit of £565m in the year ended 30 June 2015, up from the previous year's £390.6m.The company had pointed to rising house price inflation and an increase in housing completions."The housing market has remained strong and our operating performance has been very good," said David Thomas, who took over as chief executive in July from Mark Clare.With guidance already given to profits, Deutsche Bank expects little surprise in Wednesday's report."As such, we believe investors will focus on current trading and the topics in the analyst meeting which may include the group's usage of government and strategic land, the structural capacity of the group and its cash flow (and by implication dividend) expectations," said Deutsche analyst Glynis Johnson."Over the past month Barratt's share price has proved volatile reflecting the market's changing perception of the timing of rate rises. We continue to believe the impact of any rate rises (when finally seen) will be moderate. As such with the stock trading at 1.8x 2016 P/NTAV, we see the group's ROCE potential and improving dividend as underestimated."UBS predicts full-year volumes of 15,599 at an average selling price of £235,000 and an operating margin of 15.6%, up 2.5 percentage points on the prior year. The analyst sees the company meeting its annual pre-tax profit guidance."We expect an update on strategy after CEO transition. We forecast in particular return on capital employed to exceed the previous target of 25% set a number of years ago for full-year 2017," said UBS analyst Gregor Kuglitsch. Wednesday 09 September INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Balance of Trade (09:30) BRC Shop Price Index (00:01) Industrial Production (09:30) Manufacturing Production (09:30) INTERIMS Advanced Medical Solutions Group, Alkane Energy, Alliance Pharma, Dalata Hotel Group, Futura Medical, Goals Soccer Centres, Martinco FINALS Barratt Developments, Mattioli Woods, Monitise IMSS Sports Direct International QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE Unilever AGMS Betfair Group, Livermore Investments Group Ltd., Miton Worldwide Growth Inv Trust, New India Inv Trust, Pets at Home Group, Polar Capital Technology Trust, Sports Direct International, Stewart & Wight, Supergroup, Trakm8 Holdings, Tricorn Group