After a sharp recovery in the first one-and-a-half months of the calendar year — the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Realty Index gained over 50 per cent, real estate stocks seem to have lost steam.
Godrej Properties Limited, the real estate arm of the Godrej Group, is planning to raise Rs 500-600 crore through the institutional placement programme (IPP). The move is aimed at reducing its outstanding debt, which is around Rs 2,000 crore.
It is not just strange, it is ironic. When the facts and indications are all misleading, investor in the Indian market have no choice but to keep the fingers crossed and it is precisely the reason what is hurting the realty stocks, finds Track2Realty.
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.
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.
The Enforcement Directorate in India will attach immovable property worth Rs.223 crore of five companies involved in the 2G scam case, after an anti-money laundering court gave its nod on Tuesday, Jan 10.
Sahara’s defiance against the market regulator SEBI seems to have opened the can of worms for the company.
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), India’s second largest housing finance company in the private sector, announced on Monday, Nov 14, the re-alignment of its asset management business.
When the CCI alleged that DLF misused its dominant market position and imposed unfair conditions on home-buyers of two of its many projects, the real estate fraternity, legal experts and others strongly questioned the basis of the CCI order.
Nitesh Estates has signed up a Rs.3bn residential project, at a strategic location accessible from Outer Ring Road as well as Sarjapur Road in Bangalore.