Liases Foras
India’s relaxed rules for foreign direct investment (FDI) in construction will make it easier for foreigners to invest in real estate. While the promise of capital for those steeped in debt has surely been cheered by the real estate sector, it could bring more pain for buyers back at home. Demand and supply dictate logic- [...] Continue Reading »
Residential property prices in India have a lot of scope for reduction as supplies are sufficient, a top RBI official said on Wednesday. SS Mundra the deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India stated that he believe there’s enough scope for housing prices to come down from the higher perch because of huge inventory piled [...] Continue Reading »
Times are a changin’ if home prices become cheaper because of a proposal made by the revenue department that is still under consideration. The proposal demands that builders pay tax on their unsold inventory as this comes under stock-in-trade policy that is subject to taxation under ‘income from house property’, regardless if they are not [...] Continue Reading »
The cash less real estate sector which has been facing problem to raise funds for the past couple of years have started to remove the fresh investor interest. The Private equity (PE) investment in the sector is being expected to be the Rs 10,000-15,000 crore in FY15. Interest in the realty sector had dropped significantly [...] Continue Reading »
The strategy of City-based developers to market large-scale housing projects is seemed to be working. A theme-based project Purva Palm Beach in Hennur is launched by Puravankara Projects through an IPO-like book building mechanism. To sell its inventory of over 1,400 apartments in the Republic of Whitefield project, an Air Asia-like seat pricing method is [...] Continue Reading »
Even though the demand in the real estate market remains sluggish, property prices have seen a rise. National Housing Bank (NHB) data shows that in the metros, Delhi and Mumbai have recoded property price appreciation of 33.3 per cent and 22.65 per cent, respectively, through the last two and a half years. Jaipur has topped the list of cities [...] Continue Reading »
In the last three years, the number of unsold housing units in prime cities such as Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Hyderabad have nearly doubled, indicating that the real estate in India would need a long time to recover from. Liases Foras, a real estate consultancy and research firm has revealed that the stock level of residential [...] Continue Reading »
In the Jan-Mar 2013 quarter, Mumbai has witnessed a slow down in the property launches. If sources are to be believed, then it was less than the Oct-Dec 2012 quarter launches which may be due to festivals like Diwali. As per research firm Liases Foras, in the Oct-Dec 2012 quarter, all over India including Mumbai [...] Continue Reading »
Property prices in Mumbai are forecasted to come down due to factors like high prices, lower demand and liquidity issues. Also, at the same time due to no new launches in Gurgaon, prices may go up, as per a report by Bank of America Merill Lynch. As per reports, in last ten years, property prices in Mumbai have [...] Continue Reading »
Developers from small cities are eying on the real estate sector of Mumbai. Mumbai real estate has been rising in recent times, though it is known as one of the toughest property markets owing to difficult building regulations, shortage of land and high prices. Builders from Kolkata, Pune and Bangalore are entering into Mumbai real [...] Continue Reading »
