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On Wednesday the Urban Development Minister has approved a proposal set in front of them by them by the Delhi Development Authority to increase the floor area ratio abbreviated as FAR. Simplifying this point, we get to the conclusion that this means the amount of building area with respect to the plot area has been [...] Continue Reading »
The upcoming 2015 will be no different than 2014 in case of residential segment of real estate firms. Atleast things will be same in metropolitan cities and single tier cities. The things will continue this way unless the property developers are thinking to cut down prices to certain extent where it is reasonable for buyers [...] Continue Reading »
With interest rates soaring by the day, the festive season is witnessing lesser demand for houses than expected. While interest rates on loans is undoubtedly the foremost culprit, high cost of raw materials and gloomy consumer sentiment are playing their part. However, according to a report by Knight Frank and Ficci, the market should pick [...] Continue Reading »
The rapid rise in the stock market since the new government was formed has taken the sheen off real estate, where investments have not only dropped but investors are trying to monetise their existing assets, creating a scare of price correction. While the stock market has risen by over 12 percent since May 26 when [...] Continue Reading »
Housing sales dropped by 37 percent in Delhi-NCR to nearly 28,500 units during the first six months of this year due to slowdown in the property market, real estate consultant Knight Frank said today. In the year-ago period, the National Capital Region (NCR) had witnessed sales of 45,300 housing units. Launches of new homes in [...] Continue Reading »
After the new Government took over at the Centre, the buyer sentiment has improved which will result in a 26 % growth in residential property sales in the second half of this year compared with same period last year. This data was published by real estate consultant Knight Frank India on Tuesday. According to its [...] Continue Reading »
According to a recent report by Knight Frank India, India Real Estate Outlook (January–June 2014), Pune emerged as the most affordable city among six cities in 2014. The city saw 83 % of new launches below the ticket size of Rs.50 lakh. Affordable housing is picking up in the city. Similarly, 75 % and 62 % [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the fact that India is gaining a stable government looking to improve market sentiments by introducing reforms such as launching new projects and increasing sales volume, Indian property prices are expected to rise in the latter half of the 2014 quarter, according to the Knight-Frank FICCI Survey. The FICCI index is based on [...] Continue Reading »
Logistics plays the role of a key artery connecting production centres with consumer markets. However surprisingly in India real estate make up, logistics and warehousing still remains a relatively under invested area. However the industry experts mention that the entire supply chain equilibrium can be disturbed if there is a disruption in the functioning of [...] Continue Reading »
The surge of online portals to buy various fashion accessories, consumer durable goods, groceries, jewellery etc. saw a positive curve in the last few years. It looks like that the real estate developers have taken a cue from it and now are offering services to buy properties online. Until recently, the real estate portals were [...] Continue Reading »
