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The new norms that have been announced for setting up of real estate and infrastructure investment trusts will help attract more foreign investors to these key sectors and facilitate inflows worth $15-20 billion from domestic and overseas sources, according to industry experts and officials. The capital market watchdog Sebi during its board meeting today approved [...] Continue Reading »
In Mumbai, owners of premium apartments in the south, central and western suburbs are finding it increasingly difficult to rent out their apartments because there are not many takers for these dwelling units. The demand for plush rental apartments in the mentioned areas has apparently been on the decline of late; thanks to the lacklustre [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate developers have been requesting the government to give them a go ahead with REIT (Real Estate Investment Trusts). Blackstone, K Raheja, Embassy, Panchsil, DLF and RMZ could be the first off the block together listing as much as 75 million square feet, for an estimated $5 billion, in the next twelve months, once the [...] Continue Reading »
The private equity (PE) firms are looking at exiting out of the real estate companies due to the slowdown in the economy and the slump in the Indian property market. When they exited their investments, many made a handsome profit too. According to a recent report by Brookfield Financial, until March 2014, nearly a fifth, [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra government is considering awarding higher Floor Space Index (FSI) for cluster development in Mumbai, and may announce a re-development policy soon. This might boost re-development of derelict buildings in the city. The index is the ratio of a building’s total floor area to the size of the piece of land upon which it [...] Continue Reading »
With the advent of technology, availability of data at a fingertip and advancement in market data availability, the primary cities in India have shown modest improvement in transparency over the past two years. The Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) eighth Global Real Estate Transparency Index covering 102 markets globally shows that India has shown moderate improvement. [...] Continue Reading »
The infrastructure projects of Mumbai which have already been completed this year had major effect on the micro markets adjoining it. The experts have recently mentioned that the financial capital can really see a rise in the prices. Ramesh Nair of COO, Jones Lang LaSalle India, said that homes and offices which are located close [...] Continue Reading »
BJP ’s election manifesto was filled with promises for the real estate sector, infra projects and industrialisation. Due to the economic slowdown, the demand in the real estate segment had reduced and the new infra projects were not getting approvals from the former government. The unstable economy had resulted in a turmoil in the market [...] Continue Reading »
If you are looking to purchase commercial space than, this good time to look at commercial spaces which are on top in most markets. After the financial crisis of 2008, prices in markets such as Mumbai plunge 30 percent. Currently the demand is increasing little up and the economy reviving because of which investors can [...] Continue Reading »
Retirement homes, or senior citizen living spaces, are becoming big business in the country. Senior housing is a $25-billion industry worldwide, according to Jones Lang LaSalle India. India has an approximate demand for 3 lakh such homes prized at over $1 billion. The massive demand for flats or townships for senior citizen with or without [...] Continue Reading »
