GIREM (Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management), in association with Jones Lang LaSalle, is organizing a high-powered summit, which will be attended by the top brass and decision makers of the real estate and capital market fraternities.
Jones Lang LaSalle has been named ‘Best Property Consultancy’ in Asia Pacific at ‘The Asia Pacific Property Awards 2011 in association with Bloomberg Television’ event held in Shanghai on Tuesday.
Real estate and investment management services provider Jones Lang Lasalle Inc. on Thursday announced its foray into South Africa with the acquisition of corporate property service provider, Bradford McCormack & Associates for an undisclosed amount.
Jones Lang LaSalle today announced it has launched a website – Lease Accounting Changes, to deliver leading-edge strategies, tools, and information to help corporations worldwide navigate the upcoming changes in global lease accounting treatment.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Indian real estate sector, often perceived as a sector with problems, is currently witnessing some sort of transformation. While the sector is now witnessing policy reforms, though at a slow pace, it is also witnessing increased professionalism in the way businesses are done in the country.
When the Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed home buyers to withhold 1% of the sale consideration as Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), it became a free-for-all kind of football match with developers and property consultants alleging that it could encourage black money component in real estate, while tax consultants believed otherwise and pointed out that the reach of the banking sector in rural area makes it easier to detect unsavoury deals.
During the economic downturn of 2008, while the other neighbouring and glamorous property market of Bangalore and Hyderabad fell by 24-29 per cent, the Chennai market fell only 8.3 per cent. Limited supply of land and pent-up demand is how NHB’s Residex defines Chennai property market.
Equinox Realty,an arm of oli-to-steel conglomerate Essar Group,plans to sell a minority stake in its biggest commercial asset in Mumbai to raise between 7.5 billion rupees and 10 billion rupees, sources close to the development said.
The real estate market may be in a slump with developers innovating ways and means to increase sell, but the festive season seems to be bringing in good cheer for the country’s tallest tower — Lodha World One.
Continuous rise in interest rates by the banks is dampening the effort of the real estate companies to reduce debt by selling non-core assets.