Realty News
Bangalore’s office real estate is set to reach 100 million square feet by 2016-17. Bangalore’s commercial real estate capacity is going to double in just a span of seven years. Approximately 30 million square feet to the existing stock will translates into an addition of around 300,000 jobs over the next 4 -5 years. Since [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate sector remains on the top when it comes to unveiling unaccounted income. The operations against realty firms make more than 70 per cent of I-T raid operations in the state. I-T officials say that many realty firms have done good business and have evaded taxes. Sources say that, around 6,000 suspected land [...] Continue Reading »
A recent survey by broking house Karvy shows that old apartments in Mumbai have more resale value and provide better investment opportunities as compared to new properties. The survey included inspection of 65 Mumbai and suburban properties. The higher resale value attributes to redevelopment prospects of the old properties. Also the fact that new projects [...] Continue Reading »
Malls are witnessing increased footfalls during the festive season. In cities like Ahmedabad and Amritsar the mall developers are eager to cash on the festival spirit of the consumers. In malls like AlphaOne, present in both Ahmedabad and Amritsar,this festive season has brought in very good footfalls and the consumer spending has increased since the [...] Continue Reading »
Sources say that a multi-crore deal between private equity firm IL&FS Investment Managers and real estate developer Logix Group has been called off. The proposed deal was estimated to be about Rs 600 crore. As per the deal, the Logix Group would have sold four office buildings in Noida to IL&FS Investment and the listed [...] Continue Reading »
Despite the higher interest rates and economic slowdown, housing prices remained firm followed by limited supply, according to a Nomura report. The supply has also been limited for fewer projects in key markets like Mumbai, Delhi and other dues to the government approval delays. A recent report by the Reserve Bank stated that the house prices [...] Continue Reading »
CREDAI, the realty developers apex body was quite unhappy and resented against the Union Government’s decision of proposing the mandatory reservation of 35% of dwelling units built for the economically weaker sections (EWS). The CREDAI memorandum addressed to Union Minister for Housing and Poverty Alleviation, Mr Ajay Maken that such a drive without any incentives to the developer community will only burden [...] Continue Reading »
The pressure in the real estate sector has affected the home loans. The new home loan accounts fell by 38% in June quarter this year over the same quarter in 2011. Rs 854.55 crore to 23,241 account holders from April to June 2011was disbursed by the member banks State Level Banking Committee (SLBC). But this [...] Continue Reading »
Thane has developed into the fastest growing region of Greater Mumbai with prominent developers like Lodha Group, Rustomjee, Puranik Builders, Kalpataru and Hiranandani pronouncing their presence in the region. Thane residential market turnover in 2011-12 stands at around Rs 5000 crores. The premium segment has seen the highest supply in the last two years. Thane [...] Continue Reading »
Air India is planning to monetise 105 realty assets to lower its debt burden. According to industry sources, the debt ridden national carrier had invited bids from real estate consultants and Jones Lang LaSalle India is close to seal the deal. The financial bids opened last week and based on the financial proposals submitted by [...] Continue Reading »
