Real estate in Mumbai
17-acre plot of DLF in Mumbai’s Lower Parel area might be sold at Rs 2900 crore. India’s biggest real estate firm DLF has planned to sale the land to reduce its debt burden. It is said by a DLF official that the Mumbai-based builder Lodha Group and American private equity fund Vornado Realty Trust had [...] Continue Reading »
The demand for commercial real estate in Mumbai has witnessing a lower trend as the market is oversupplied by available properties. As the demand for apartments in Mumbai has reduced in last year, most of the builders in Mumbai have shifted to construction of commercial properties, which has increased the supply level. Now the developers [...] Continue Reading »
The builders of Mumbai are witnessing rising demand for the low and mid segment housing projects in Mumbai. Hence the builders are planning to launch a new affordable housing project in and surrounding areas of Mumbai. It is also noticed that the demand for 1 BHK house is increasing than larger apartments. Earlier real estate [...] Continue Reading »
The residential property market in Mumbai has shown a negative growth of – 9.1 percent by the year ended in March 2012. According to a realty analyst firm, the performance of the sales market in Mumbai real estate has suffered by the global crisis. Though the cost of properties in Mumbai [...] Continue Reading »
Many high valued properties in India are avoiding the payment of stamp duty as the buyers are acquiring the shares of the construction company, which owns the property. In the process the buyers are not transferring the ownership of the property in their name by paying stamp duty. Thus the seller avoids the payment of [...] Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court has upheld the AP high court ban on sand quarrying. However, the contractors of Maharashtra are continuously excavating sand from areas of Nizamabad district. Construction activity of real estate in Mumbai are coming to a grinding halt due to the court’s order, the sand mafias are illegally extracting sand for getting higher [...] Continue Reading »
The construction of a 61-storey structure under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme has stopped. The construction was started on Eastern slopes of Cumballa Hill by Halkara Builders Pvt Ltd. The builder has stopped the construction of the apartments as the land is slide prone. There is another apartment which stands above the slopes on [...] Continue Reading »
The developers associations in Mumbai are not expecting any price cut for the properties in Mumbai. Due to the slow approval process, high input cost and the higher lending rate of funds, it is not possible for the developers to reduce the cost of properties in Mumbai. The association of builders (CREDAI and MHCI) are [...] Continue Reading »
The Singapore government’s sovereign fund GIC will invest into Bandra-Kurla Complex project by Godrej Properties. More than $100 million will be invested into the project. Godrej Properties will construct the project over 2.5 acre BCK land with a joint development agreement with Jet Airways. Godrej Property also planning to sell a stack in the project [...] Continue Reading »
