There is no doubt that the property prices in almost all the micro market of eastern city is going northwards, yet uncertainty looms large over Kolkata realty. There have been less transaction and even lesser new launches in the city, even when the state chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) demands ten satellite towns in the state.
Terming RBI’s decision to reduce cash reserve ratio (CRR) as a “positive step”, the industry body Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association (CREDAI) said on Friday, march 9, the move would enable financial institutions to fund real estate projects.
Property consultants and real estate developers have demanded industry status to the realty sector in the forthcoming Budget.
In an effort to enhance professionalism in the industry, RICS has launched its Red Book of Valuation Standards and Global real estate agency and brokerage standards at the recently concluded real estate conference in Mumbai.
Come budget and the real estate sector, like any other industry, comes out with its own wish list. Unfortunately, while other organised industry get a patient hearing through their industry bodies, the Finance minister seem to be hardly entertaining the sector representatives till recently.
When the Reserve bank of India was announcing the CRR rate cut by 50 base points, the house wife Sugnadha Dubey, glued to TV news channels, couldn’t resist the temptation to call up her husband to know whether the EMI burden on this middle class home owner is going to ease out from next month. With no background of the world of financial jargon, her husband could only assure her with a wishful thinking.
The real estate sector has welcomed the CRR rate cut by the RBI and said it will help revive demand in the housing segment.
The Estate Agents’ Association of Pune (EAAP) has released the seventh edition of `EAAP Directory’ 2012-16.
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) has put house buyers’ grievance redressal mechanism on the fast track by introducing an e-based redressal system.
In 2011 six big ticket real estate IPOs was expected to raise over $2.9 billion or Rs.13,000 crore. Emaar MGF, which could not raise money in the capital market in consecutive attempts even when market conditions were conducive.