Real estate in India
The two-day ‘Statecon 2012′ organized by the Confederation of Real Estate and Developers’ Association of India (Credai), Karnataka chapter in Mangalore has received satisfactory footfall. The exhibition with the theme ‘Home for all’ witnessed 42 builders putting up their stalls and had almost 10,000 footfall and 4,220 confirmed inquiries for dwelling units – indicating a [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate developers expect home prices to rise by at least 25 per cent in Noida Extension.The prediction comes as the government has lend approval to Greater Noida master plan. The leading developers are hopeful that demand would be much higher and there would be an opportunity for both investors as well as end users. [...] Continue Reading »
As Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s take on realtors seems to invite reactions from the developers. CREDAI national president Mr Lalit Kumar Jain stated that the finance minister should take immediate steps to boost to housing stock supply through special incentives to the affordable segment. He further added that the reported figure of unsold housing [...] Continue Reading »
Reacting to the Union Finance Minister‘s advice asking realtors to download unsold stock at discounted prices, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) has counter advised the minister to bring special incentives to boost purchase of houses. Credai has been lobbying with the government to push for reforms in the real estate [...] Continue Reading »
While exorbitant property price continues to slowdown Mumbai‘s real estate market, the suburbs are providing investment opportunities for buyers. Skyrocketing real estate prices and global economic conditions have badly hit Mumbai’s real estate sector and sales have fallen by nearly 70 per cent. Sales of top 5 real estate players in Mumbai have seen a [...] Continue Reading »
With major infrastructure developments such as the Metro and Monorail coming up in Mumbai, property prices have shot up in areas where infrastructure development initiatives have come up. Proposed transport systems have pushed the real estate values in Wadala-Chembur area where the first phase of Monorail is coming up. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon-Pataudi Road is all set to emerge as another hub of industrial and commercial development. Located at the foothills of the Aravali hills, Pataudi along Gurgaon-Pataudi Road has become a cluster of real estate development and industrial set-ups. Availability of land parcels for residential and commercial development is one of the main factors driving development [...] Continue Reading »
The National Housing Bank data shows a peculiar trend that despite economic slowdown in the country, house prices have not suffered. Apparently, house prices have managed to beat the economic slowdown. Rates displayed a rising trend in the April-June quarter as shown in the survey. National Housing Bank showed Pune posted the highest gains in [...] Continue Reading »
Statistics show that Mumbai-based real estate firm Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd’s (HDIL) gross debt has come down by 5 per cent in the first six months of the current calendar year and stood at Rs 4,040 crore as on June 30. However, HDIL reported 44 per cent fall in net profit. Profit stands at [...] Continue Reading »
The US government has hired property consultancy Knight Frank to carry out a valuation and review of all its real estate properties in India. The properties, valued at thousands of crores, were acquired over the years at low rates and the recent move may indicate possible sale of some assets in the future. The properties [...] Continue Reading »
