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Property consultant, CBRE stated that the leasing activity for official purposes is being expected to see any rise until next year however the sentiments of people involved in the real estate sector is seeing improvement. However the market representatives hope that by the start of next year the prospect in this market will improve in [...] Continue Reading »
During the course of their meeting in Brazil on Tuesday, the leaders of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – gave their approval to the formation of the BRICS Bank. It was back in 2011-12 that India – during its chairmanship of the BRICS grouping – had floated the idea of [...] Continue Reading »
$ 80 million (about Rs 468 crore) was invested by a private equity (PE) fund owned by Tata Capital, in South India-focussed realty firm, Shriram Properties. Tata Opportunities Fund Managing Partner Padmanabh Sinha stated that the company believes that the residential real estate market, particularly mid-market housing, should see high growth. Due to increasing urbanisation, changing demographics [...] Continue Reading »
In a mail to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation’s (LMRC) Sreedharan suggests that an Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) loan is not best suited for the project. He points out that FIDIC contract conditions don’t suit the Indian situations and may lead to international arbitrations hiking the cost of the project. He adds that AFD would [...] Continue Reading »
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) said that the market watchdog, SEBI, should categorize housing finance companies (HFCs) as a separate sector from Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to attract more fund flows. It suggested SEBI not to club HFCs with NBFCs for the purposes of sectoral limits proposed for investments by [...] Continue Reading »
