Real Estate Sector
At a time when real estate sector is riding on a low tide, developers Prestige Estates have been able to register a rise in their profit. Prestige Estates’ net profit has risen 35.4 per cent to Rs 49.3 crore in the April to June quarter. Turnover stood at Rs 246.4 crore, down by 6 per [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate consultant Jones Lang LaSalle India (JLL) stated in their recent report that the industrial development happening in and around Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat, have propelled these three major cities of Gujarat emerge as next best option for office space in real estate market. Firms based out of metros are eyeing Gujarat as the [...] Continue Reading »
The realtors welcome the move by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by one percentage point from 24 per cent to 23 per cent. The real estate sector, which is struggling due to the combined effects of diving demand, huge debt and piling inventory, is hopeful of positive effect [...] Continue Reading »
The Center has finalized a central law to regulate India’s growing real estate sector and prevent realtors from targeting property buyers through unfair practices. The law ministry has cleared the draft of the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill, proposed by the housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry. The bill proposes the setting up of [...] Continue Reading »
Many real estate projects in Mumbai‘s western suburbs have been halted in recent times due to the sluggish demand and new Development Control Rules (DCR). Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently came up with a list of delayed projects in Mumbai and the western suburbs accounted for 202 of the 326 stalled projects in the city. [...] Continue Reading »
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci), is organising a day-long South Indian Real Estate Conference 2012, on August 3, 2012, at the Hotel ITC Windsor, in Bangalore. The meet will be held in the backdrop of the real estate sector witnessing tremendous growth in recent years and the prospect of the sector’s [...] Continue Reading »
As real estate sector in India faces a dip, domestic lenders with major retail loan are keeping an intense look at the situation. While the hub of realty sector, Mumbai, is going through a slump, the lenders are concentrating on the new emerging markets – Pune, Bhopal, Indore, Surat, Nagpur and Ahmedabad. LIC Housing Finance, [...] Continue Reading »
Analysts have expressed their fear that DLF and Indiabulls Real may see further downside. Sudarshan Sukhani, a trade analyst, states that further breakdown is possible in case of both real estate majors. As told to CNBC-TV18, Sukhani suggested that both the companies are on the verge of possible downfall depending on where the Nifty stops. [...] Continue Reading »
Red Fort Capital Advisors Private Limited, based in Delhi, an India focused real estate PE firm, is planning to raise $500 million real estate fund next year to invest into residential and commercial properties across the country. The real estate PE fund had earlier raised $500 million in January from overseas investors. The firm’s institutional [...] Continue Reading »
Mangalore has witnessed slump in the residential property sales in the recent past. June-July month has seen a grave dip in the bookings. The slump seems due to reluctance of non-resident Indians to invest in property in Mangalore, , to invest in the properties here. Usually the NRIs account for 55-60 per cent of the [...] Continue Reading »
