Tag Archives: Reserve Bank Of India

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 [...]

RBI nod to foreign VCs, but sectors limited to 10

The Reserve Bank of India recently started approving applications from foreign venture capital investors (FVCI) that were kept on hold for a considerable period of time. While this led to some excitement among the applicants, it was short-lived.
In what has surprised the venture capital firms, the approval letters issued by RBI to FVCIs provide for [...]

NBO to launch housing index by March’09

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked a government agency that collects statistics on the country’s housing construction activities to launch a housing start-up index by March 2009, to help it assess the impact of fiscal and monetary stimulus offered to revive the sector.
The index, to be launched by the National Building Organization (NBO) [...]

Real estate cos hope govt help will revive demand

The Union government’s recently announced stimulus package, coupled with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move allowing banks to provide special treatment to the real estate sector are likely to change the fortunes of Indian real estate sector, which has been struggling to survive for the past six months. Monday’s interest rate cut on housing [...]

Rate-cut campaign in full swing

The clamour for a fresh round of interest rate cuts has begun. Spooked by a sharp and sudden fall in industrial growth, industrialists and bankers said the time had come to cobble a credible stimulus package that would put the stuttering economy back on the rails.
“Now is the time to immediately release the second stimulus [...]

RBI sop fails to lift realty

It seems that the Reserve Bank of India’s move to ease lending to real estate hasn’t augured well with the banking sector. The apex bank effectively reduced the tax on lending to the real estate sector, which means banks can now more freely lend to the realty sector.
Considering the slump in the real estate sector [...]

Indiabulls leads ‘A’ group

Real estate developer Indiabulls Real Estate soared 27.65% to Rs 136.90, as realty stocks extended gains on hopes cut in lending rates will spur demand for residential properties. The scrip topped gainers in BSE’s ‘A’ group shares.
The Reserve Bank of India, on 20 October 2008, cut the repo rate, by 100 basis points to 8%, [...]

Tishman Speyer Plans To Raise 1 Billion Dollar

Property developer and fund manager Tishman Speyer plans to raise up to one billion dollar in a private fund in 8-10 months for Indian realty projects, the managing director for its India unit said.
“We still have some money left over from a previous one and we are already talking to investors for our next fund, [...]

Rules For NRI And PIO To Invest In India

Many NRIs and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) want to invest in India, both commercial and residential properties. NRIs and PIOs also plan to buy such properties as an investment, and rent them out to earn a secure income stream.
This article talks about various rules and restrictions related to such purchases. It also clarifies the [...]

Impact Of Interest Rate On Real Estate And Housing Loan

Indian real estate firms expect a hit on margins for the next few quarters as the central bank’s move to raise interest rates this week will push up costs and keep potential buyers away from the market.
Developers, already facing a demand slowdown, have refused to lower the price line as they seek to make up [...]

RBI’s judgment has spooked real estate cos

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) assessment not to slash interest rates has spooked real estate business facing the brunt of a housing business slowdown caused by the high cost of mortgage financing. RBI, on Tuesday, decided to keep interest rates unchanged in its third-quarter monetary policy review. Real estate companies were expecting a [...]