Realty firms
In the FY15 thus far, the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) cell has not received any debt recast requests; thanks to the new guidelines which have been put in place by the Reserve Bank of India with regard to the management of stressed assets. The new RBI guidelines were announced in January, and became effective from [...] Continue Reading »
According to the section 185 of the Companies Act 2013, a company cannot give loans to (or provide security on a loan taken by) a person in whom its director is interested. Such a director could mean a director of a lending company or its holding firm, or a partner or relative of any such [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has softened norms to allow realty firms and brokers to apply for banking licenses. The RBI final guidelines are likely to be announced by February end. According to sources, these guidelines seem to strand reservations for realty firms and brokers. RBI had released draft guidelines in August 2011, [...] Continue Reading »
DLF has signed a binding agreement with Mumbai-based Lodha Developers and the Rs 2,700 crore deal is expected to be completed by the end of October 2012. To finance the acquisition, Lodha has initiated talks with private equity players. Abhishek Lodha, managing director, Lodha Group, stated that the Group plans to fund the purchase of [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate firm DLF has announced that it plans to launch new residential projects at Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Panipat and Kasauli. These projects are dubbed as part of company’s strategy to strengthen its presence outside Gurgaon. The company has not finalized the business plans entailing the investment detail in these projects. As per the company management, [...] Continue Reading »
The slowdown in the Indian realty sector has been reflected in the books of DLF, the largest player in the segment. The net profit of DLF, India’s largest real estate company, fell 18 per cent to Rs 292 crore for the quarter ended June. The dip is quite huge compared to Rs 358 crore for [...] Continue Reading »
The government is to provide interest subsidy of up to Rs 14,912 this fiscal for housing loan not exceeding Rs 15 lakh, which came as a relief to small home loan borrowers. The Cabinet decided to extend by one year the interest subvention scheme of one per cent on housing loans up to Rs 15 [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi has plans of expanding realty sales along with boosting viability of road and highway projects. To balance realty fiscal stress, the government has introduced new scheme of ultra mega road projects (UMRPs). The realty firms who accept these orders will be availed to develop real estate projects alongside the stretches. Rs 20,000 crore [...] Continue Reading »
In an interaction with Business Standard, UK-based JLL chief marketing officer Charles Doyle said ‘safeguard reputation management’ using the social media and networking tools would help Indian developers project their brands and businesses in a transparent manner. A recent survey had shown that Indian real estate was perceived as the most corrupt of sectors, citing [...] Continue Reading »
