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In a cat-and-mouse chase between SEBI and DLF, the investors of DLF are likely to take the ultimate beating, with several under-construction projects hanging by a thread after SEBI’s fundraising ban on DLF. In a verdict passed on Monday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) decided to debar India’s real estate giant DLF’s [...] Continue Reading »
The BJP-led Government will have to go ahead apart from rhetoric statements and focus on real issues existing in our country like pragmatic land acquisition policy, lower corruption stable policy regime, less paper-work, and flexible labour laws in order to make the country a proper an attractive destinations for the investors. The UPA Government during [...] Continue Reading »
Close on the heels of securing an Rs 1,000-crore long-term loan from global private equity major KKR, GMR Infrastructure said that it is looking at international markets for funds at lower interest rates. Managing director Kiran Kumar Grandhi said on Thursday at the company’s annual general meeting that the firm will focus on recalibrating its [...] Continue Reading »
The monsoon season generally underscores a period of slow realty activity, but that perception is apparently set to change in 2014; thanks largely to the fact that some of India’s major festivals are falling earlier than usual this year. In the wake of earlier festivals, realty developers have started announcing attractive discounts and offers to [...] Continue Reading »
Residential property prices in Bangalore have seen a decline over the past year and hence individual home buyers can buy properties at a lesser price compared to the last year. This trend also seen in second-tier cities like Kochi, Bhopal, Patna and Bhubaneswar. National Housing Bank Residex, an index that tracks the prices of the [...] Continue Reading »
As Gurgaon is booming steadily upwards in terms of real estate prices, various companies and industrialists are looking for investing in other options beyond the National Capital Region (NCR). As a result, Dharuhera, Bawal and Jhajjar in Haryana are emerging as alternative real estate destinations. The latest real estate destination is ‘Jhajjar’ in Haryana district. [...] Continue Reading »
According to the real estate consultant Cushman and Wakefield, investment in real estate has dropped 15% to Rs 3,480 crore in the first three quarters of this year. Transactions for this year are 23, which is marginally lower than the same period last year. Of the total investment in the first three quarters of 2012, [...] Continue Reading »
Prices of mid-segment properties have risen as investors are beginning to shun luxury segment due to poor returns and are now seeking to invest in lower-priced properties. Real estate agents, on their part, are now pitching mid-income homes which are priced at Rs 40-70 lakh to the investors who were earlier investing in luxury homes. [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai-based real estate major Godrej Properties Ltd (GPL) will raise Rs 200 crore by issuing commercial paper. It will allow the firm to raise money from a broad set of investors at attractive rates, largely for working capital requirements. GPL sources state that commercial paper provides for better rates with a wider set of investors [...] Continue Reading »
Although real estate offers a good investment option to investors, gold seems to be the safest bet for investments amid uncertainty in other investment avenues in India. According a study by industry body Assocham, investments in gold have yielded higher returns compared to those in equity and real estate in India during the last three [...] Continue Reading »
