Rise in loans to real estate, retail disproportionate
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has pointed out banks’ disproportionate growth in loans to the commercial real estate sector, the retail segment and the infrastructure sector.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has pointed out banks’ disproportionate growth in loans to the commercial real estate sector, the retail segment and the infrastructure sector.
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), India’s second largest housing finance company in the private sector, announced on Monday, Nov 14, the re-alignment of its asset management business.
The availability of skilled manpower supported by availability of cost effective commercial real estate – especially in terms of Grade A projects – continues to drive demand for office properties in Pune.
For buyers as industry stakeholders, the biggest advantage that the Model Real Estate Regulation Act offers is that there will be an arbitratory body available to attend to grievances and redressals.
Targeting the growing corporate sector in India, global serviced-residence owner-operator The Ascott International aims to double its presence by 2015 at an investment of about USD 250 million.
The long-pending legislation – Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill – that aims to infuse “accountability and transparency” in the realty sector, backed by stringent norms, is out in the public domain.
Indian commercial property market has lost momentum in Q3 with the capital values turning negative for the first time since 2009.
‘Haveli’ properties, of which many exist in India (especially in Rajasthan, Delhi and Gujarat) are private residences dating back to historic times that are no longer in active use.
The Government will make public the draft Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill, 2011 for comments from stakeholders this week and may subsequently introduce it in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament.
Even as global economic slowdown and uncertainty in financial markets have battered the real estate industry countrywide, properties in Kolkata and Chennai bucked the trend with steady demand in affordable and mid-segment housing.