Global housing market downturn gathering pace
The world’s housing downturn is gathering momentum, according to the latest world-wide survey of house price indices prepared by the Global Property Guide.
The world’s housing downturn is gathering momentum, according to the latest world-wide survey of house price indices prepared by the Global Property Guide.
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.
In a bid to boost housing sector credit, the Indian government is contemplating to enhance the income-tax exemption for up to Rs 3 lakh paid as interest on housing loans in a year, from the existing limit of Rs 1.5 lakh.
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.
Analysts are worried and do not see a rosy picture ahead in 2012. According to them real estate companies planning IPOs in 2012 may experience a lack of enthusiasm on the part of investors.
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.
DLF is selling a 13-acre plot in Gurgaon, Haryana, as part of its plan to ease its debt burden through asset sales.
A senior high ranking officer of a Central Intelligence agency revealed to this correspondent that in the investigations surrounding the assets of Shahid Balwa when the investigation stirred towards the DB Realty assets in Goa.
Introduction of the proposed real estate regulation Bill is likely to increase the cost of operations by 10-15 per cent, said Sreedhar Reddy, president of Andhra Pradesh Realtors Association.
Nitesh Estates Limited has announced impressive performance for the financial year ended March 31, 2011 clocking a robust top line growth of 58%.