Tag: Realty Firms

Unitech is looking for restructuring loan

Unitech, India’s second largest listed real estate company, is looking at restructuring a Rs 800-crore loan from public sector banks, as it attempts to save itself from sinking under the huge debt burden. The company is pinning its hopes on debt restructuring, asset and stake sales to private equity (PE) funds to pay a debt […]

Realty cos fight shy of price cuts

Real estate companies seem little inclined to listen to the government’s call to reduce prices. Even as realty firms such as DLF, Parsvnath and Emaar MGF demand rollback of taxes, they are reluctant to commit any price cut. An association of developers, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai), has asked member developers […]

Unitech puts Delhi office on block

India’s second-largest property firm Unitech has put on the block its 2-lakh square feet office at upmarket Saket in New Delhi. Market buzz suggests Unitech is in talks with HDFC to sell the property. Both Unitech and HDFC admitted the property was on the block, but refused to confirm the deal. “I cannot confirm till […]

Realtors’ Advance Tax Payment Falls Down

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 […]

Realty Firms Consider Joint Development For Construction Projects

Real estate firms will enter into joint development for construction projects by selling land parcels to other builders, given the drop in sales of apartments and inflationary trends. Pankaj Jaju, head-real estate practice, Enam Securities told FE, “Metros and Tier II towns having a huge pipeline of projects have witnessed a 60% drop in sales […]

Unitech Arranged Three Hundred Million Dollar For Residential Projects

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 […]

Gulf Parent Comes To Emaar MGF’s Rescue

In what would be the first major fund infusion into the Emaar MGF Group after a failed IPO, one of its promoters, Dubai-based Emaar is learnt to be investing $150 million to pick 20-25% stake each in three real estate projects of Emaar MGF. This would be separate from its equity contribution in the JV […]

Asipac to launch real estate fund

BANGALORE: Realty marketing and consultancy firm Asipac Projects is close to putting together a real estate fund, in association with a few institutional investors. The move by the company , aimed at widening the scope of the company’s services is part of a series of initiatives that will roll out in the coming months. According […]

Realty firms raise maximum through IPOs in 2007: Assocham

According to industry body Assocham Real estate companies mopped up a large amount amount through early public offers on stock exchanges during 2007.V. Dhoot president of Assocham chamber states that  although high interest rates, the real estate sector remained buoyant during 2007 primarily due to the well-built underlying demand, aggressive marketing, entry of fresh players […]