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A slowing economy, rising interest rates by banks, high inflation and the weak rupee, among others, contributed towards building a negative sentiment among home buyers that resulted in dwindling sales volumes within the residential market. However, the election results, sops for the housing sector in the Union Budget and the reviving economic growth of the [...] Continue Reading »
The residential market in India has been witnessing extreme volatility in terms of demand and supply over the last three years. Factors such as a slowing economic growth, rising interest rates by banks, high inflation and the weak rupee, among others, contributed towards building a negative sentiment among home buyers and resulted in a dwindling [...] Continue Reading »
If Indian companies have not used the loans they raised for expansion projects, then where has it all gone is a matter to understand. While a prolonged economic slowdown has brought new investments to a standstill, it has increased the working capital requirement of some companies quite substantially. In sectors where a large amount of [...] Continue Reading »
The global rating agency Moody in its report mentioned that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) new regulations which were issued last week which allowed the banks to issue long-term local currency bonds are considered as ‘credit positive’. Moody’s vice-president SrikanthVadlamani and associate analyst Nick Caes giving further insight on this development mentioned that these [...] Continue Reading »
Indian companies, especially those engaged in infrastructure development of the country, have been busy reducing their debt burden. Many companies have sold off their assets to clear off debts as this has helped them in cleaning up their balance sheets. This has resulted in the improvement of the debt-equity ratios of the companies. The banks have [...] Continue Reading »
RBI (Reserve Bank of India)issued a directive on Tuesday that the Infrastructure bonds issued by the banks will have a minimum maturity period of seven years and will not be considered a part of the their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL). RBI also gave the authority to the banks to issue these rupee-denominated bonds [...] Continue Reading »
Impacting the finances of banks and infrastructure developers, infrastructure development, which should have been funded by the corporate bond market, was done through banks. Krishnan said at a CII event on corporate bond market, “From the first three pillars, the corporate bond market will develop high-grade instruments, whereas the fourth pillar would provide stability to [...] Continue Reading »
This year, the exhibition is being organised on national and international level. will be organising ‘Property Show 2014‘ from May 23 to May 25 at Dongre Vasatigruha will be organised by The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI). “This exhibition will have information about properties ranging from Rs 15 lakh to Rs [...] Continue Reading »
In the past three years, real estate has been one of the worst hit industries. It has suffered due to various reasons — land prices have stagnated, housing demand has stagnated, commercial demand has shrunk, interest rates have gone up. Access to capital for real estate firms has been restricted by RBI and other factor [...] Continue Reading »
The protest took place at the PACL India Ltd office. The investors in various schemes of the company complained that the cheque issued by them bounced. The company is a real estate investment company. The police explained that the company asks investors to invest in barren land for a specific period of time. The investors [...] Continue Reading »
