Investing in gold more profitable than real estate: Assocham
Track2Realty-Agencies: Investments in gold have yielded higher returns compared to those in equity and real estate in India during the last three years, according to a study.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Investments in gold have yielded higher returns compared to those in equity and real estate in India during the last three years, according to a study.
Track2Realty Impact: When Track2Realty pan-India survey said it in May this year that Indians prefer to pay more for ready-to-move property and find new launches risky, the sector was obviously not amused. CREDAI President Lalit Kumar Jain had differed with the Track2Realty survey findings in an interview with Tehelka and said that “ready-to-move-in flats comes at a premium rate and the availability of such in the country is currently just 5 per cent.”
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Income Tax (I-T) department has raided on 45 premises of Indore-based 10 real estate firms on Saturday, Sep 22. A team of 300 officials conducted the operations and recovered Rs 2 crore in cash and sealed 15 lockers of nine realtors. The raids are expected to continue on Sunday as well.
Track2Realty: Government is coming out with new PPP models to fast track infrastructure projects, said Jitin Prasada, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, while inaugurating the Conference on Infrastructure Project Management, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi on Thursday, Sep 20.
Track2Realty-Agencies: After marking his presence in the Indian and international fashion world, ace designer Manish Arora has tied up with real estate firm AMR Group, and will design for their forthcoming presidential suites and luxury residential projects.
Track2Realty: The top six cities of India are expected to see a total of 50,000 new hotel rooms across categories in the next 5- 6 years. This is in response to the steady growth the hospitality sector has recorded over the last few years. 2012 alone is expected to see 14,800 fresh keys by the end of the year. Out of the total expected supply for 2012, 2000 new hotel rooms have already entered the market. These are the findings of a report by Cushman & Wakefield (C&W)and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
Track2Realty-JLLI: Recently, the annual GDP number (6.5% GDP growth during FY April 2011-March 2012) released by the Reserve Bank of India resulted in a negative sentiment throughout the real estate industry. Consistent with this, in 1H12, the demand for commercial real estate moderated on the back of office occupiers that remained cautious about their expansion plans.
Track2Realty: Real estate in Bihar with most of the cities termed as tier-II and III by many of the developers till late, has bucked all trends of slowdown to soar as one of the most promising real estate market. It is not just the new trend of apartments that is catching fancy of the prosperity that is noticeable in many of the urban areas, but even the land rates still continue to soar.
Track2Realty: The Association of Bhopal Realtors (ABR) has recently joined National Association of Realtors of India (NAR India) as its member. NAR India is the credible voice of realtors in India. It is the single national level umbrella organization representing the interests of thousands of realtors/brokers operating all over the country.
The residential market in Mumbai witnessed subdued growth in the first half of 2012 in the back drop of high interest rates. While there was a decline in supply addition compared to the second half of 2011, the stock of unsold inventory increased during the review period. These are the findings of CBRE’s latest report titled “Market View India Residential.”