gold
Ever since the lofty debacle of gold in 2013, it has barely revived. Last year, gold lost about 28.3 per cent in terms of dollars while 18.7 per cent in terms of rupee. At the beginning of 2014, gold further made a loss of 3.8 per cent in rupees and 3.6 per cent in dollars. [...] Continue Reading »
The Francis Alapatt Group, one of the distribution giants and pioneers in gold retail in Kerala, is foraying into the realty business by launching an Executive Business Centre in Kochi. The 18,000 square feet centre, spread across three floors and housed at the Alapatt Heritage Building on the MG road, a prime spot, will have [...] Continue Reading »
The Mahindra Lifespace developers which is the infrastructure division of the $16.5 billion Mahindra Group stated that its Mahindra World City township has got the Stage I certification under the India Green Building Council (IBGC) Green Townships. Mahindra World City which is the Special Economic Zone of Mahindra Lifespace Developers is located near the Singaperumal [...] Continue Reading »
Consumers looking at taking the benefit of the government’s emphasis on the real estate sector, especially the housing sector, need to be aware of the tax implications. These tax implications are related to the sale-purchase of properties particularly when the sale-purchase agreements and their executions are spread over several days/months or even years. The citizens [...] Continue Reading »
The residential segment of the real estate market, defies the price determining demand-supply mechanism. The Fitch group’s research arm, India Ratings and Research Pvt. Ltd. recently came up with a report titled “2014 Outlook: Real Estate Sector”. It has been said in the report that the prices of residential units have risen continuously since financial [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Rajesh Exports, one of the country’s top three gold jewellery exporters, seems to have initiated discussion with real estate developers. The jewellery exporter, with revenue of Rs 25,000 crore in 2011-12, is understood to have finalised a plan to leverage on its vast land bank, worth around Rs 2,000 crore. The exporter is presumed [...] Continue Reading »
A recent survey shows that real estate sector remains the preferred asset for investors in India. It is being followed by gold and silver. The investment pattern in the country suggests that investment flow have been highest in the traditional modes of investments such as in properties and gold or silver. Given the uncertain economic [...] Continue Reading »
Although real estate offers a good investment option to investors, gold seems to be the safest bet for investments amid uncertainty in other investment avenues in India. According a study by industry body Assocham, investments in gold have yielded higher returns compared to those in equity and real estate in India during the last three [...] Continue Reading »
