Realty News
The heat of mall culture across national capital region (NCR) seems to be gradually cooling off. As per Cushman & Wakefield’s (Q&W) recent report on the national retail real estate market, the region has been witnessing the highest ever deferment of new floor space additions and vacancy levels within its malls. The region has observed [...] Continue Reading »
While reports pointed out an increase in office rentals, a study by real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) shows that there has been a 35 per cent dip in office space absorption in seven major cities, as of June 30, 2012. The report states that the supply fell by 52 per cent during the [...] Continue Reading »
Many real estate projects in Mumbai‘s western suburbs have been halted in recent times due to the sluggish demand and new Development Control Rules (DCR). Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently came up with a list of delayed projects in Mumbai and the western suburbs accounted for 202 of the 326 stalled projects in the city. [...] Continue Reading »
The investors who booked flats in different projects of Mayfield Gardens in Gurgaon are stuck in a terrible situation as their investments are not just stuck in bad deals, but the hope of recovering their investment is also fraught with numerous problems. The Town and Country Planning Department (TCPD) had cancelled the licenses of the [...] Continue Reading »
The steady pricing that Bangalore real estate has maintained so far has been good news for the buyers. But things are expected to change as the Bangalore real estate market is expected to shoot up from the next quarter. The main pushing factors are increase in cement and steel prices in the last couple of [...] Continue Reading »
According to property consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle India (JLL), consolidated absorption of office space in the past six quarters has caused appreciation of rental growth across the country. Majority of gross rental appreciation during the period from Q4, 2010 to Q1, 2012 was witnessed in tier-I cities including Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Gurgaon. Chennai, [...] Continue Reading »
According to Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), residential property launches across major cities in India fell by nearly 44% to 17,500 units in the second quarter of 2012. C&W cites the prime reasons behind the fall being delay in approvals, significant inventory in certain places and postponement of project to accord new launches with the festival [...] Continue Reading »
There seems to be no end to DLF’s legal feuds as cases are piling up against the developer for a wide range of reasons including unfair business practices for the last couple of years. In the latest event, more than a dozen investors dragged DLF to court, accusing it of downgrading their investments in an [...] Continue Reading »
Notwithstanding the prevailing negative sentiment, commercial real estate services firm CBRE says retail real estate market in India seems to be promising. In its survey titled ‘India Retail Market view’, CBRE states that leading brands and retailers are pursuing expansion plans aggressively across India. The survey mentions that leading brands are increasing their presence across [...] Continue Reading »
The sales tax department of Mumbai raided offices of 15 builders including Marathon, Ajmera, Keystone, Bhoomi realty, Naman and Acme, for evading payment of value added tax (VAT) and recovered Rs 20 crores. The Bombay high court had upheld the 1% VAT imposed on the sale of properties by the state in April. The builders had [...] Continue Reading »
