Union Budget 2012-13 – A timid tango of pros and cons
Our reaction to Union Budget 2012-13 is mixed at best. It seems fair to state that the Indian real estate sector does not have much to cheer about.
Our reaction to Union Budget 2012-13 is mixed at best. It seems fair to state that the Indian real estate sector does not have much to cheer about.
Fearing share price manipulation with the help of certain ‘independent’ research reports onIndian companies, market watchdog Sebi may soon bring all kinds of research analysts under its regulatory ambit.
The PE players have expressed concern about difficulty in exits, governance issues in investee companies and certain taxes such as the Dividend Distribution Tax which are excessive and do not conform with global standards.
SARE Homes (South Asian Real Estate) is launching “Green ParC – II”, the fourth phase of its 65-acre integrated township called “Crescent ParC” in sector 92, Gurgaon. This township is strategically located on the Gurgaon growth corridor, on the arterial 60-meter wide road, approximately 40 minutes from the IGI Airport and in close proximity to the Dwarka & KMP expressways, and the industrial hub of IMT, Manesar.
Purvankara Projects has recorded 31% increase in consolidated revenues to INR 5,825 Million for the 9-month period ended 31 December 2011 compared to INR 4,440 Million for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2010.
The Mumbai-based Godrej Properties, the real estate development arm of the Godrej Group, announced on Friday, Feb 10, the launch of its first residential project, Godrej Palm Grove, in Chennai.
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 last few months have seen a lot of mid-sized office and mixed-use buildings in Mumbai going under the hammer. Not very surprising, considering the wave of real estate redevelopment that has swept the city. What is so unusual about these buildings is the fact that they are going to be redeveloped into stand-alone retail formats.
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.
The demand for holiday homes in India is as wired into the country’s overall economic performance as every other segment of residential real estate.