Real Estate Sector
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stopped issuing new licenses to developers in Gurgaon, because of the depleting groundwater situation, which has come as a relief to the residents in the area as they have been facing severe water crisis. Most of the Gurgaon is dependent on groundwater and more than 60 MGD [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI), the apex body of real estate developers from across the country, expressed that the government’s policy paralysis has severely impacted the real estate sector which is facing stagnation in growth. CREDAI National President, Lalit Kumar Jain said that the economy is in a bad shape [...] Continue Reading »
Realty giant DLF is all set to sell at least two out of the three non-core businesses as it plans to cut its Rs 23,000 crore debt to about Rs 17,000 crore in the current fiscal. DLF Group Executive Director Rajeev Talwar revealed that the group is all set to sell its luxury hospitality chain [...] Continue Reading »
Empee Group, which is currently into the businesses of hospitality, liquor, sugar and power, is preparing to venture into the real estate sector. Initially, the focus would be on residential projects. The company would start two projects on a land bank of around 20 acre. It is planning to set up two residential projects with [...] Continue Reading »
According to data by provided by brokerages such as Motilal Oswal Securities, Kotak Securities, Edelweiss Securities, Prabhudas Lilladher and Emkay Global, net profit for the real estate companies are expected to fall by 20 per cent, while net sales may rise three per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year. According to [...] Continue Reading »
Despite low demand for real estate projects in Kochi, realtors deny to reduce prices hoping that the sector will soon recover from the current situation. The average price of double bedroom flats in the city varies from Rs 35 lakh to Rs 45 lakh. Realtors say that majority of the apartment projects in Kochi were [...] Continue Reading »
Foreign investors are funding Indian real estate market after the release of Press note 2 in 2005 which opened up construction and development for Foreign direct investment (FDI). Many investors who had invested at that time, largely in residential sector, are now heading towards maturity and are withdrawing their prime investments. According to a report [...] Continue Reading »
The government focuses on austerity over growth to contain the increasing fiscal deficit, it has cut the size of interest rate subvention corpus for affordable housing loans by 20%. It has fixed the corpus at Rs 400 crore for the current fiscal, 20% less than last fiscal’s Rs 500 crore. The government runs a 1% interest subvention [...] Continue Reading »
The real estate sector has been lying low due to lesser cash inflow in both the commercial and residential segments, hoping that there will be a change in liquidity levels soon. The macro-economic factors such as high interest rates, high land costs, etc. which have a direct effect on the sector, seem not to improve [...] Continue Reading »
The Pune real estate sector is witnessing a fast track growth as it has undergone a constant transformation over the last few decades – from a simple, rural community to a military base, and on to one of the most sought-after cities for property. With the city becoming more industrialized, the market for residential, business [...] Continue Reading »
