Mumbai realty market
Kotak Realty Fund has made its very first investment from its latest offshore fund of $392 million, in a residential project being developed by Mumbai-based realty firm Nirmal Group. The project is in the early stages, with construction work not underway yet, in suburban Mulund. Kotak Realty Fund has chosen the structured finance route – [...] Continue Reading »
There is good news for the real estate market as the banks and financial institutes are keen to lend for commercial and residential projects. Canara bank and Andhra bank and 4 other banks have formed a consortium to lend Rs 890 crore in bank finance to Mumbai based Lodha Builders for its residential project in [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- The Mumbai realty market has just blinked after four years of rigorous high prices midst sluggish sales, crippling liquidity crunch and rising cost of capital. About three popular developers have either cut down their prices by about Rs. 2250 to Rs. 5,000, or have initiated flexible pricing of a single project or have launched innovative schemes to [...] Continue Reading »
In spite of developers struggling with their debts in Mumbai, rentals have been soaring. Increase in rents across the city over the past few years has contributed to a record rise. Rentals in Mumbai are now at par with the highest rental rates in the world. In Andheri (East), the rent for a 3BHK apartment [...] Continue Reading »
The anxiety among home buyers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) seem to be soaring with Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and extended suburbs of central and western Mumbai seem to have been infested with more and more projects getting delayed. As per data more than 50 per cent of residential developments in the city are under-construction. [...] Continue Reading »
With a little over one lakh residential flats lying unsold in Mumbai, an inventory, according to experts, which will take more than three years to clear as not much of it is available for immediate possession, the Mumbai real estate horizon looks grim. According to data from property research firm Knight Frank, sale of Mumbai [...] Continue Reading »
A recent survey was carried out by real estate research firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) on affordable housing in seven cities – Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. The survey shows that Mumbai tops six other cities in the country for the number of upcoming affordable housing projects. Around 15 projects are [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai saw a dip in residential projects being launched this year due the long lasting effect of the slump in realty market. As per a report by property consultants Knight Frank, as planned out of 54,968 units, only 19,470 residential units were launched in Mumbai in 2011. The upside down projection in realty market is [...] Continue Reading »
