Realty News
DLF, India’s biggest property developer, is closer to meeting its debt reduction target after it agreed to sell its plot of land in Mumbai for Rs 27 billion ($488 million) to Lodha Developers. The Delhi-based developer said it had received an advance payment of Rs 5 billion for the plot from Lodha and would receive [...] Continue Reading »
According to National Housing Bank (NHB) data, housing prices have risen by up to 10.5 per cent in 16 major cities of the country in the April-June period, while only three towns have witnessed a marginal fall. The data is taken from NHB ‘RESIDEX’ which tracks the movement in prices of residential properties on a [...] Continue Reading »
DLF has signed a binding agreement with Mumbai-based Lodha Developers and the Rs 2,700 crore deal is expected to be completed by the end of October 2012. To finance the acquisition, Lodha has initiated talks with private equity players. Abhishek Lodha, managing director, Lodha Group, stated that the Group plans to fund the purchase of [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore real estate is presenting a different picture than most of the other cities in India. An example at hand, Bangalore-based realty firm Prestige Estates Projects Ltd, has robust home sales and office space leasing looking to surpass its own forecast for fiscal 2012. It also has a strong pipeline of launches. This is at [...] Continue Reading »
State Bank of India (SBI) has offered an all-time low interest rate to its customers interested in investing in the sector. SBI offers a low interest rate of 10.25 per cent for housing loans up to 30 lakhs and 10.4 per cent for amount above 30 lakhs, said Avinash Kumar, SBI chief manager. A three [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai has fallen in the mortgage market rankings as record real estate prices keep customers away, say realty and home finance executives. Pune and New Delhi have overtaken India’s financial capital with steady demand, while Mumbai has fallen to third or fourth position for housing finance. Mumbai used to be number one in the real estate market, but not many new projects [...] Continue Reading »
The Yamuna Expressway may turn out to be a magnet for real estate growth in the region. The signal-free 165km expressway will reduce the distance between Agra and Delhi to around 211km, reducing the travel time between the Capital and the tourist hot spot to 150 minutes, and only 90 minutes from Greater Noida. The [...] Continue Reading »
The country’s largest real estate developers, DLF has sold its 17.5-acre plot at Lower Parel in Mumbai to Lodha Developers for Rs 2,750 crore, making a profit of over Rs 2,000 crore over seven years. In June 2005, DLF had bought the land in Mumbai in an auction from National Textile Corporation for Rs 702.2 crore. [...] Continue Reading »
In an effort to improve transparency and modernize land records in the country, the Ministry of Rural Development has proposed that the registration of real estate leases should be made mandatory. The proposed amendments to the Registration Act of 1908 have been suggested by the ministry’s Department of Land Records (DoLR). The proposed changes make [...] Continue Reading »
Although inventory stock is pressing the prices to go down across the country, Tata Housing has increased prices of its residential spaces by 26 per cent in five months. Tata Housing Development Co Ltd and Arvind Real Estate jointly launched first phase of their township in March, 2012 where they sold 1,090 units at saleable [...] Continue Reading »
