Track2Realty: DLF fell for the ninth straight quarter, with the company reporting a 62.8% lower consolidated net profit for the July-September period. Net profits fell to Rs 138.51 crore as compared to Rs 372.41 crore a year ago, weighed down by slow sales and high finance costs.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Buyers flooded the bedecked and glittering markets and shopping malls since early morning on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras. Hectic buying continued till late evening and pushed overall sale turnover beyond Rs 250 crore on Sunday, Nov 11, according to a market estimate.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Mumbai real estate is on its way to bounce back to normalcy this Diwali after a couple of years of turmoil where many economists were clueless as to how a demand-supply product can challenge the conventional wisdom of economics where prices are going northwards and transaction the other way.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Ezzy Group, an infrastructure and property management company on Friday, Nov 9, announced its foray into the Indian realty market with an investment of Rs 5,000 crore spread over the next two years.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Mumbai property market seems to be determined to break the jinx this festive season with new launches, offers, changed marketing formats and even price correction. If the market trend so far is any indication, it is quite apparent that the developers have gone through the learning curve in the last 2-3 years and are now determined to break the jinx. In this endeavour to bounce back, buyers are smiling all their way to property search and in the process the city property market is defying the collective consciousness of being an over-heated realty market.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Canada-based NRI billionaire, Bob Dhillon is considering investing up to $100 million (about Rs 540 crore) in the Indian real estate market and is planning to approach the Haryana Government for developing a township near Chandigarh.
Track2Realty: CREDAI has expressed strong resentment to the Union Government’s proposal for compulsory reservation of 35% of dwelling units built for the economically weaker sections (EWS).
Track2Realty-Agencies: DLF expects to raise about Rs 2,500 crore by end of this fiscal from sale of its two non-core businesses, luxury hospitality chain Aman Resorts and wind energy, a company official has said.
Track2Realty: DLF plans to reduce its debt from 22,700 crore to 18,000 crore by March, by selling non-core assets as well as stake in the company.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Realty firms and property consultants have expressed disappointment over RBI’s decision to keep key policy rate unchanged and said it was the right time to bring down the borrowing cost for home buyers as well as developers.