Rental Housing can address urban housing problems
The ever-increasing housing needs in urban centers have caused home prices to shoot up to extremely unaffordable levels.
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Regulation needed for reformed real estate
Regulation is required for any industry to function properly and the real estate industry is no exception. The market is being manipulated by the big and influential real estate lobby causing large inequities in resource and product allocation.
Let’s address the real conundrum of realty
India has the second largest population in the world and is expected to overtake China by 2025. Fulfilling the housing needs of the Indian population which is growing at 1.41% annually is a tremendous challenge for the government today.
2012 promises the year to get real
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.
2012 promises the year to get real
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.
FICCI concerned over revised Real Estate Bill
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has said that the draft Real Estate Bill should not penalise only the developer for time overruns but instead cover the liability of all stakeholders, including government agencies and urban local bodies.
Realtors look forward to retail FDI as a savior
Battling huge vacancies, piling inventories and lacklustre rentals, the Indian real estate is looking forward to retail FDI as a savior, expecting a windfall following the entry of global giants looking for more retail space for expansion.
Cartel of black money in secondary market needs to be checked
The draft Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2011, aims at bringing reforms in the unorganised Indian real estate sector.
Polls prop up realty market in Kolkata, Chennai
Even as global economic slowdown and uncertainty in financial markets have battered the real estate industry countrywide, properties in Kolkata and Chennai bucked the trend with steady demand in affordable and mid-segment housing.
A different Diwali with strategy shift for realty sector
The festival of Diwali has a direct bearing on the property market, and irrespective of the overall macro economic scenario the property transactions around this time of the year have been the maximum.