While the foreign direct investment flows (FDI) dependent Indian realty market is awaiting a good fortune, a World Bank report brings cheer to the industry. It says the FDI into developing countries including India is expected to recover over the next couple of years and is projected to increase by 17 per cent in 2010.
Religion it seems is the buzz word for Raheja Developers to attract more buyers. The company has launched ‘Raheja Vedas’ a residential project in Sec-108, Gurgaon. Situated near the upcoming Dwarka Expressway, the diplomatic enclave Dwarka in Palam Vihar, Vedas claims to be a modern facility with high-end specifications.
The Bangalore based Nitesh Estates Ltd has announced the launch of a high-end villa project in Goa – Nitesh Fisher Island. The project spread over 9.3 acres and comprising 36 very high-end villas, exclusively designed for the who’s who of the country.
Noida, once projected as the largest industrial town in Asia, is today one of the best location for residential purpose too in the Delhi-NCR region. It is also emerged as the gateway to the investors in Uttar Pradesh. New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, or better known as Noida only, was developed in the 1970s as a modern industrial city under the UP Industrial Area Development Act, 1976.
Property management as a subject of specialized study has hardly been discussed in India. While the industry gropes with the huge manpower shortage in almost all functional areas of real estate including property sales, marketing & brokerage, expertise is hardly available in the industry.
Confusing it may sound, but a project called Delhi One has been launched in Noida by the trend setter of green building concept in India The 3C Company. This mega mixed-use project incorporating residential, commercial, retail and hospitality zones is spread across 12.5 acres at Sector 16-B, Noida.
The Gurgaon-based real estate developer, Orris Infrastructure, has launched a new age commercial complex ‘Business Square’ in Sector 82A, New Gurgaon. The project, which is spread over an area of 9.5 acres, has three towers that will offer office space and also includes a convention centre, 5-star and business hotel, according to the company.
In the wake of Adarsh society controversy the Mumbai government has suddenly woken up to the reality that they don’t have authentic records of land ownership and maps of many plots in one of the costliest addresses in India, South Mumbai. The state’s urban development department has written to the city collector, telling him to prepare records of ownership of land in Backbay and Nariman Point areas in south Mumbai.
The Faridabad property market has started showing signs of recovery very fast. The pace of recovery in the Faridabad has been witnessing a quiet revolution over the past six months. Real estate prices, which had plummeted post 2008 and then plateaued at Rs 20,000-25,000 per square yard last year, have suddenly shot up by 30-40%.
Most banks lending for homes are only interested in providing mortgages to people who have a fixed annual or monthly salary and their important criteria for assessment is based upon the amount that is earned. The presumption is that only these people are capable of meeting their repayment options without default.