Delhi-NCR
While big realty players like DLF and Unitech seem likely to sell their non-core assets like hotels smaller developers realize an advantage in developing hotels as it increases project valuations. According to industry analysts, real estate players can extract the best valuation by doing mixed land development where they build hotels along with residential and [...] Continue Reading »
As suggested by the Centre, major states agreed to the plan of restructuring loan for power distribution companies (discoms) worth Rs 1.2 lakh crore, including revision of tariffs and roping in the private sector. The state government will take over half the short term outstanding loan after discoms issue bonds to lenders. The maturity of [...] Continue Reading »
After several failed attempts with different players, Jaiprakash Associates reportedly have got Irish building materials group CRH Plc. enter into India with them. As per reports the Irish group has entered the fray to buy Jaiprakash Associates’ cement plants in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. Jaiprakash Associates, a diversified Delhi-based conglomerate with interests in cement, power, [...] Continue Reading »
Lanco Infratech, a realtor limited to power and road projects, with nearly Rs 23,000 crore of long-term debt, is negotiating with some banks for an easier loan repayment schedule. Sources said that the company is negotiating with individual banks for extension of loan tenure and lowering of interest cost as some of its power plants [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate tycoon G L Raheja won the case against industrialist Nusli Wadia as the Bombay High Court has allowed his company, Ferani Hotels, to build on land in Malad and sell the premises without any condition. Wadia, outraged by the court’s hearing, voiced that he would appeal against the order before the Supreme Court. [...] Continue Reading »
DLF, the country’s biggest real estate company, is set to sell its 17-acre National Textile Corporation (NTC) land in Mumbai to Mumbai-based Lodha Developers to reduce its rising debt, said market sources. The deal is estimated at Rs 2,500-2,700 crore. Lodha Developers has already paid Rs 500 crore in advance and it would pay the [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) has put forward a plan to the Prime Minister to enable reforms in the real estate sector and help rejuvenate it. Home sales registrations continued to decline in the first half of 2012, although by only 3.4 per cent when compared to the same time [...] Continue Reading »
Knight Frank’s latest report focuses on uncovering the relationship between the developer and the suppliers of factor inputs such as Land and Construction costs. Land is the most significant input for property development. Analysis of land allotment policy of some of the major land aggregators provides interesting insights: City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) follows [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Government has started allotting around 14,000 low-cost flats to slum residents with accordance of its plan to make the nation’s capital slum-free. In the first batch, 500 flats in Bawana were distributed on Wednesday among eligible residents of eight slum clusters in West and South Delhi. The remaining 13,500 flats are also ready for [...] Continue Reading »
Due to less supply and delayed monsoon, cement costs rose to Rs 55 per bag across markets. A source said the hike will not stay long since it is due to supply shortage and onset monsoon. South has witnessed a mixed trend with Hyderabad and Bangalore seeing a correction of Rs 5 per bag, and [...] Continue Reading »
