Track2Realty-Agencies: Asian institutional investors are looking to invest $150 billion in global real estate in the next five years, with a focus on cities like Dubai, London, New York and Sydney, according to a new research.
Track2Realty: The estimated demand for office space across the top eight Indian cities in the period of 2013 – 2017 is expected to be 132 million square feet (msf), says a report by Cushman & Wakefield. Office space absorption in top eight cities is expected to be approximately 22.5 msf in 2013 which will be a decline of approximately 26% over 2012.
Track2Realty studies the role of brand ambassadors in the Indian real estate as the advertisements are often blamed to be not just aspirational but misleading as well. How far celebrity endorsement helps the company and to what extent their celebrity status gets affected by a sector where trust deficit is pretty high
Track2Realty Exclusive: Bhiwadi in Alwar district may be seen as a gateway to Rajasthan by many, its emergence as a property hotspot has more to do with the thriving economic activity in the neighbouring state of Haryana. Of course, Rajasthan Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) is also aggressively pushing to make the place a destination magnet.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The property rates and cost of living in the metros like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore have been soaring drastically over the years and owing to this, these cities have reached a kind of stagnation in terms of real estate and retail growth. This scenario has shifted the focus of investors as well as the customers towards the tier II & tier III cities.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Neeraj Gulati, MD, Assotech Realty says real estate is akin to two sides of the same coin; at one half you have the developers at the other you have the end users/investors. The point is real estate does throw a negative shade as projected to the stakeholders in terms of realty debt.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Media creates perception in the collective consciousness that realty debts are a cause of concern. It is generally assumed that a debt-ridden company is not the right one to invest. However, business cycle of some of these over leveraged companies is not just better than peers, but also high in terms of brand equity. Track2Realty finds that over projected magnitude of realty debt may or may not be a reality.
Track2Realty: Kolte-Patil Developers (KDPL) has launched four new luxury projects- Tuscan Estate Signature Meadows, Downtown, 24K Glamore and 3rd Avenue at Life Republic in Pune to develop a total of 1.8 million sq.ft. for these new projects.
Track2Realty: To simplify the process of home buying for its customers, Kumar Urban Development Ltd (KUL) is organising a ‘Home Loan Mela’ at its project sites – KUL Ecoloch and KUL Nation – on September 27th , 28th and 29th.
Track2Realty Exclusive: More holistic approach is required while conducting a research on any real estate entity. The scientific research should undertake a detailed analysis on the accounting policy, business model, geographical presence, sales & execution strategy, project portfolio of the company. It should also take into consideration the company’s initiatives to monitor its operations for timely delivery of the project without cost overruns & sustaining margins.