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China-based conglomerate, HNA, has joined the race to buy Aman Resorts, the biggest non-core asset of realty major DLF, according to analysts and bankers.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, Jan 3, imposed a cost of Rs.2 lakh on realty major DLF while dismissing its plea against market regulator SEBI’s order to probe an allegation that it duped a city-based businessman of Rs.34 crore.
The Indian realty estate companies reeling under plunging sales and liquidity issues have something more challenging to negotiate-the piling debt in their balance sheet and the banks’ deadline to repay coming close.
The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) has cried foul over the State government’s decision to hike its Ready Reckoner rates that guide the stamp duty and other levies.
The anticipated demand is likely to exert an upward pressure on property prices especially in markets like NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore where the demand-supply gap is high.
Will 2011 carry forward gloom in the realty market? That is the question on everybody’s lips today and the sector seems to be only praying that the worst has been left behind in 2011.
Indiabulls Real Estate announces its intention to buy-back its fully paid-up Equity Shares of face value Rs.2 each from the existing shareholder/beneficial owners of the Equity Shares of the Target Company through the open market.
One of the biggest problems afflicting the sector is its high level of debt. The debt load of 11 listed real estate companies stands at Rs.38,500 crore.
It may be momentary down because of rising interest rate, macro economic hue, affordability issues borne out of demand-supply mismatch and overall market sentiments, but forecast for the residential real estate is definitely robust.
A Knight Frank report suggests revenues of real estate companies have dropped by 19 per cent and profits have declined by 70 per cent, over the past four financial years, since 2007-08.