Real Estate Sector
Portman Holdings is planning to raise third party funds to invest in Indian real estate. The fund worth is estimated at $300 million. The company will raise these funds in overseas markets in the first half of 2013. It then plans to deploy the entire corpus in the next 30 months once the fund raising [...] Continue Reading »
Jharkhand’s land registration department’s revenue is overflowing with increasing land rates. The government received Rs 171 crore in revenue in 2008-09, and in 2010-2011, the department has crossed 100%. With the coming of big brands and many educational institutions, demand is soaring, said realtors. The department already received Rs 418 crore and achieved 92 per [...] Continue Reading »
One of the largest pension asset managers, APG Asset Management, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp are to invest in Indian real estate market . APG, which manages about 300 billion euro in assets, now plans to work directly with real estate developers, as it looks to establish a stronger [...] Continue Reading »
South Chennai is coming up with a number of new township projects for possession or nearing possession. These new projects offer a variety of property types ranging from multi-storey apartments, builder floor apartments, independent villas and plots, priced at Rs 2500-3700 per sq ft. An appreciation of 30% has been witnessed since the projects were [...] Continue Reading »
Experts expect that the new supply in Mumbai realty market could lessen by 20-30% than the prevailing rates as the market has been ravaged with high prices. Around 200 new projects are coming up in June – September and it is estimated that it will launch in cheaper rates. According to a real estate analyst, [...] Continue Reading »
The government is set to enact a new law to constitute a regulatory authority to look after issues relating to real estate sector in order to bring in transparency. According to sources, a new Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2012 is on the agenda of the Union Cabinet. The draft bill is likely to [...] Continue Reading »
The plywood industry was badly hit by the slump in the real estate industry. The Indian plywood industry has an annual revenues of Rs 25,000-30,000 crore. The domestic plywood industry, especially the unorganised sector will be in trouble once China starts flooding the market with quality products. However, due to quality issues, imports were minimal [...] Continue Reading »
In a move to help the real estate sector, government is planning to give industry status to the real estate infrastructure sector. This move will help the real estate sector to get access to cheaper finance from banks. The proposal for industry status has already been submitted to the finance ministry for its consideration. Getting [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) said that the state government’s policies will end up being its gift for Gujarat’s Gift City as the developers body witnesses Mumbai and Maharashtra turning increasingly ‘investor unfriendly‘. Lalit Kumar Jain, president of CREDAI, has criticised the policies regarding the proposal to hike the lease [...] Continue Reading »
Alpha G Corp, a real estate developer is looking to develop a mixed use city centre in Surat and integrated townships in Ahmedabad, which spreads across more than 100 acres. The firm has successfully completed its one year in mixed use city centre in AlphaOne Ahmedabad which spreads across over 1.2 million square feet. AlphaOne [...] Continue Reading »
