Track2Realty Exclusive: The real estate, like any other business or even the government, is suddenly faced with the reality of Facebook and Twitter that have helped the buyers harness the true power of their opinion. Ignored customers now have a platform to air their grievances and take on big companies.
Track2Realty: Transparency is the new buzzword now. We would like see transparency in all deals–be it with the authorities and the Governments or at the customer end. As a strategy going forward, we as developers would like to maintain the highest standards of transparency and trust. This is where the MCHI Code of Conduct comes into picture.
Track2Infra-Agencies: Reflecting developers’ waning interest in Special Economic Zones, 11 companies, including Posco-India and Raheja SEZ, have sought more time from the government for implementing their projects.
Track2Realty: Despite aggressive marketing and great offers made by developers on the eve of Diwali festival, the investment in the property have remained lukewarm due to high prices of houses in and around the NCR region. Major factors cited have been high prices of land and the unprecedented rise in the cost of construction materials, iron, cement, labour etc., says the ASSOCHAM survey.
Track2Realty: The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal showcased on Saturday, Nov 17, prime urban land under the possession of Punjab Government to 137 international and national Real Estate Developers, who assembled in Mumbai under the aegis of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) in a convention organized by them, Punjab land of opportunities.
Track2Realty: Cushman & Wakefield has expanded into the Philippines with a new office in Manila, its 5th new office in Asia Pacific so far in 2012.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The best part is that the banks are now a party to revive the property drive in the city. They are also hosting property exhibitions, introducing combo products that offer further interest rate reduction on a car loan if a customer has already taken a home loan and are sugar coating home loan products, besides cutting interest rates and waiving processing fees to pep up demand for home loans.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Canada-based NRI billionaire, Bob Dhillon is considering investing up to $100 million (about Rs 540 crore) in the Indian real estate market and is planning to approach the Haryana Government for developing a township near Chandigarh.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Realtors have sought to bring up incentives like free land allocation and public-private partnerships models to increase affordable housing stocks for the economically weaker sections.
Track2Realty: Andhra Pradesh may become the first state to grant much-demanded single window clearance to realty projects. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has said his government will further simplify procedures and extend incentives to the real state sector if they ensure self-regulation and pass on benefits to consumers.