November 3, 2008 – 1:46 am
With banks reluctant to lend to the real estate sector, developers are looking at alternative instruments of funding such as lease discounting for completing ongoing projects, especially the commercial ones. The sector, which has been hit by the global financial crisis, has seen more than a 60% fall in demand in the last six months, […]
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October 22, 2008 – 5:18 am
Uncertainty in the equity market seems to be paving the way for newer investment opportunities. Private equity (PE) players have been quick to recognize these. Of late, their attention seems to have shifted from the most-talked about sectors like real estate and financial services, which were the flavour of the season till some time ago, […]
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October 22, 2008 – 5:17 am
The real estate sector in India has grown 30% to 35% during the last five years, reflecting the rapidly-increasing demand for office, commercial and industrial space, as well as bigger homes now considered within the range of India’s prospering working classes. But the economic juggernaut has been slowing since earlier this year due to double-digit […]
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September 30, 2008 – 1:32 am
Major real estate players including DLF, Unitech, Parsvnath and Omaxe appear to have taken a sharp hit with the slowdown in the economy as their advance tax payments have fallen sharply. Faced with lower sales and liquidity crunch, DLF hasn’t paid any advance tax in September of this financial year, compared to Rs 37 crore […]
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September 27, 2008 – 12:38 am
Indian real estate sector is going through a big slump. Not only Indian but real estate sectors around the world are facing slump. Property dealers are registering big losses. Biggest example of loss in real estate sector is DLF Group whose share prices have gone down up to 76% on BSE. Because of slump real […]
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September 26, 2008 – 11:06 am
The recent financial debacle in the US has sent shock waves across the globe and is also projected to impact the Indian real estate sector directly or indirectly. Adequate and timely funding would be a major concern for developers. Already, there are indications of investors withdrawing their funding. While big players consider this shake-up as […]
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September 11, 2008 – 6:48 am
Describing the current bearish trend of the real estate sector a ‘transitory slowdown’, consultancy firm Ernst and Young said that the outlook of the sector is still ‘positive’ in the medium-to-long term. “Ernst and Young believes that the market is witnessing a transitory slowdown. However, considering the opportunities present as well as the strong economic […]
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September 10, 2008 – 8:54 am
Between 2003 and 2007, the real estate sector, both commercial and residential segments, had a boom, seeing a runaway rise in price, growth and profits. Realty companies were focusing more and more on luxury apartments. The base sizes of houses became larger. Small house segment was ignored completely. High consumer confidence, low interest rates and […]
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September 6, 2008 – 6:25 am
Joseph Cyril Bamford (JCB) India, the country’s leading construction equipment manufacturer, sees flat revenues this calendar year due to a slackening of growth in realty and a spurt in input costs. Over the last four years, the company’s yearly growth has been at an average of 30%. JCB India’s topline increased from Rs 2,100 crore […]
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August 29, 2008 – 2:17 am
Millennium Spire Limited, an “Alternative Strategies Fund” under the U.K.-based Millennium Global umbrella, on Thursday announced its foray into the Indian real estate sector unveiling its maiden platform for developments in the Indian market, Spire World, a platform that would drive development of mainstream green projects of Millennium Spire in the country. The unveiling of […]
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August 29, 2008 – 2:16 am
Singapore-based private equity firm, Millennium Spire Ltd-MSL announced investment of $200 million in India’s realty sector in next one year. MSL Managing Director, Ashish Bhalla reportedly said that the company would invest in real estate projects in the national capital region and Coimbatore in mix use complexes, IT parks, residential and commercial areas. The company […]
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August 27, 2008 – 2:58 am
Investing in the Indian real estate sector continues to grow, however the pace may be slowing just a little. Foreign developers as well as private equity funds remain bullish, long-term, on India’s property market. Not only is investment flowing into the metro cities, but attractive real-estate deals are also being negotiated and signed in ’second-tier’ […]
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August 11, 2008 – 12:44 am
The Indian real estate sector is breaking new ground, by adopting information technology (IT). In recent years, many real estate companies have been taking to end-to-end IT solutions in a bid to automate their business processes. This has not only helped to increase efficiency and cut cost but also to make their functioning more transparent, […]
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Despite the real estate market being confronted with a short-term depression as real interest rates hovered between 12 – 16%, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has projected a twenty one billion dollar spurt in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real estate market in the next 10 years.
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The real estate sector in India has now become one of the most important sectors in the recent times, thanks to the rising prices of land. Today real estate sector has become a reckoning force in the economy of India. This sector which till few years back were unknown to most of the investors and […]
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Ian Hendersen, Chairman, Ishaan Real Estate, said, “Investment in the initial portfolio of assets is being completed, largely according to a plan, and the increased net asset value replicates the strong demand for our properties and the huge potential of the Indian property market”. IRE is the holding company of K Raheja Corp floated in […]
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RBI decisions to hike two key policy rates are expected to affect stocks of companies from sectors like banking & financial services, and real estate more than any other sector since these sectors are more vulnerable to higher interest rates than others . However, given that most stocks from these sectors are already badly hammered […]
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Higher rate of returns in real estate investments in India, projects that comply with international standards, greater affordability, apart from emotional reasons like ‘owning a piece of homeland’ were driving the NRI segment growth in the real estate sector in the India. “Ma, is Chennai like New Jersey”, asks a little toddler in a catchy […]
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At a time when the real estate sector is hard-pressed for funds, the real estate mutual funds (REMFs) are yet to take off, in spite of being granted permission 3 months ago. This is due to unclear rules about their tax treatment. REMFs, which were touted as key instrument enabling retail investors to take part […]
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Unitech International Real Estate Fund is learnt to have raised $300 mn which will be deployed in Unitech’s residential projects. The new fund will help the country’s second-largest, listed developer tide over the liquidity crunch dogging almost all real estate firms. A senior Unitech executive, who didn’t wish to be named, told that an European […]
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The down ward trend of real estate market price is going down, the housing finance is facing a squeezed condition. Now the Banks have increased the contribution limit of the developers from 25% to 30%. With the correction of prices in the real estate sector, commercial banks have become choosy in lending. They have become […]
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Real estate developers like Lodha, DLF, Unitech and Raheja have begun ramping up their presence in Business school campuses in the past two years in a move to have a more professional image. The move coincides with the growing interest of business school graduates in the real estate sector. The real estate firms have sold […]
In a move that could help curb hotel room crisis ahead of Commonwealth Games 2010, the government is considering relaxing entry restriction for foreign players in construction of hotels and resorts. It is looking at a suggestion to bring down minimum development rule of real estate from existing 50,000 sq feet to 20,000 sq feet […]
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India received a massive $20.8 billion of foreign investment in energy, services, construction and real estate sectors during the last four financial years as high economic growth lured multinational companies to set up or expand operations. The services sector witnessed the biggest spurt in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, from $444 million in 2004-05 to […]
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The latest battle in the real estate sector has started taking a toll. Almost all large developers are now facing a severe cash crunch and finding it difficult to complete their ongoing projects. In fact, the situation is so bad that most of them have reported a 50-70% cash shortfall. Industry sources said that the […]
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