High real estate costs, lack of any tax incentive and bureaucratic hurdles are huge problems for the growth of the hospitality industry that is one of the country’s top job earners, a survey has revealed.
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 implementation of the revised DTC will have strong implications on SEZs. The industry requires clarity on the issues that may emerge, and how businesses would be promoted in Special Economic Zones.
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), Gujarat organised a seven-day technical tour for its members in mid-January. The 60-member delegation, that included developers from Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Palanpur, Navsari, Unjha, Bharuch and other centres, visited Israel, Jordan and Oman.
Mumbai’s residential home sales dropped to a three-year low in the quarter ended December as record home prices and higher interest rates crimped demand, according to Liases Foras Real Estate Rating & Research Pvt.
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The real estate sector has welcomed the CRR rate cut by the RBI and said it will help revive demand in the housing segment.
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.
With its focus on budget flats, the four-day MCHI Suburban Property Exhibition 2012 will kick-start at Maxus Mall, Bhayander West, on the Republic Day.
A recent industry report shows that FDI in 2010-11 was the lowest in the last four years. According to the FICCI-Ernst & Young real estate report, the FDI in the sector declined to 6 per cent of the total direct investment coming to India in 2010-11.