Mukesh Ambani has sold his plush 21-storey building in the commercial district of Nairobi to the World Bank for nearly $23 million (approx Rs.115 crore), making it the largest single property deal in East Africa.
While the foreign direct investment flows (FDI) dependent Indian realty market is awaiting a good fortune, a World Bank report brings cheer to the industry. It says the FDI into developing countries including India is expected to recover over the next couple of years and is projected to increase by 17 per cent in 2010.
A new retail report released by Jones Lang LaSalle emphasises that changes across the global retail banking environment continue to be driven by political, economic and technological trends. These trends will lead to continued bank expansion in frontier markets, offsetting the search for greater efficiency in developed markets.
Track2Realty: The global house price boom continues, with a new geographical twist. Housing markets surged during the year to Q2 2014 in Dubai, parts of Europe and the Pacific. In contrast, several Asian governments have implemented cooling measures, successfully restraining their housing markets, and the US housing market boom is weakening.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Amrapali Group has signed on Mahendra Singh Dhoni as their brand ambassador and the company is banking high on cricket ever since the Indian team won the World Cup under Dhoni by gifting the flats after the title.
Track2Realty: India has witnessed the sharpest appreciation in real estate prices in the last couple of years, according to data from the Global Property Guide, an organization which collates real estate data from across the world.
Track2Realty Exclusive: On a closer look there are big and serious questions on the authenticity and prima facie it appears as if the categories have been customised to fit in the highest bidder.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Sitting in the back bench of a real estate award night I heard two developers talking among them as to in which category are they getting the award. Did I hear it right? Not the nominated category, but the category of getting award? Even before the awards were announced, how come they know that they have already bagged the award?
Track2Realty: CBRE Group, Inc. has been awarded the top global real estate advisor and consultancy firm in the 2012 Euromoney Real Estate Awards. This is the fifth time in eight years that CBRE has won the prestigious award.
Realtors who are in the business of developing SME clusters believe in recent years, the metro cities have also seen a good increase in SMEs, which have catapulted themselves into mid- to large sizes within 3 to four years.