Indian real estate
The country’s largest real estate firm DLF has decided to end its five-year long association with the Indian Premier League (IPL). The title sponsor of IPL did not renew its contract that was due by last month. DLF sources said that the company will promote other sports and is currently exploring various such platforms for [...] Continue Reading »
Indian real estate companies seem to take a hit due to imposition of VAT in Maharashtra. The shares of most big players dropped for a second day as confusion kept arousing about who would end up paying a proposed retrospective value-added-tax(VAT) from the state of Maharashtra. The drop was caused by worries about a stringent [...] Continue Reading »
Analysts said that demand for commercial real estate has dropped around 30 per cent in the past year, due to general economic slowdown. Office rentals witnessed 15 per cent decline in rentals across many locations. In some cases it has come down by as much as 50 per cent. Credit to the commercial real estate [...] Continue Reading »
The National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA) recently reclassified Khar Danda area as a creek. The reclassification is expected to bring in strong incentive for the developers in the area. As Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms in the Khar Danda area are eased, the stage is all set to spur redevelopment activity the area. The [...] Continue Reading »
Brigade Group, one of India’s leading real estate developers was awarded with two prestigious awards by Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India at CREDAI Real Estate awards 2012. They were the only developer to win two awards conferred by the Real Estate industry. The awards were – “Theme based township of the year” [...] Continue Reading »
Right pricing and small ticket sizes seem to have placed South Indian real estate in a much better place than real estate players in Mumbai and Delhi. Bangalore and Chennai seem to get their property strategy right. When most developers in India are battling high interest rates, sluggish sales, delays in new launches and a [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon has registered the fastest growth in the real estate sector in the country. Developers are flocking to the region to launch new projects after prices shot up by as much as 25 per cent in the last one year. Big realty players like Godrej Developer, Tata Realty from Mumbai and Sobha Developers from Bangalore [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (Credai), Pune Metro, has opposed state government’s order asking them to pay value added tax (VAT) on flats that were sold between June 2006 and March 2010. The number of flats that were sold during the period in Pune is estimated to be over 1.5 lakh. [...] Continue Reading »
Estate planning is catching up in India as it is replacing a written “will” – the earlier method adopted to bequeath hard-earned assets while a person is still alive and after he is no more. It includes the management of a person’s estate during and beyond his lifetime to ensure the estate’s longevity. Through estate [...] Continue Reading »
The depreciating rupee may be a concern for the economy, but it has become a disguised boon for builders in Mangalore. In the past three weeks 16 new projects totalling a minimum of thousand apartments have been launched indicating robust demand and stepped up activity in the construction sector in Mangalore. Mangalore chapter of the [...] Continue Reading »
