Track2Realty-Agencies: The Union Cabinet today deferred considering a draft law to set up a regulator for the real estate sector with provisions for jail term for the developer for putting out misleading advertisements about projects.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Direct investment in case of leveraged returns has to take into account carrying cost (interest cost) and in case of non leveraged returns should consider opportunity cost.
Track2Realty: A reported provision in the proposed law to regulate the real estate sector to send individual or an entity to jail for “misleading” advertisements would be quite a retrograde and adversarial step for investment in the realty sector as it would be open to misuse by a few corrupt officials, ASSOCHAM said on Friday, March 29.
Track2Realty: India was ranked 20th among the top 20 real estate investment markets globally with investment volume of Rs 19,000 crore recorded in 2012.
Track2Realty-Agencies: In a move aimed at providing a major fillip to the construction sector, the Centre is likely to come up with a ‘single window’ system for the country’s real estate sector soon, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty alleviation (HUPA) Ajay Maken said in New Delhi on Sunday, March 24.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Government plans to set up a tough regulator for the real estate sector with provisions for even jail term for the developer for putting out misleading advertisements about projects.
Track2Realty Exclusive: East Zone (Kolkata) The overall retail market in the city continued to display sluggish trend with only a few major retailers expanding their operations in large format standalone stores in established high street locations.
Track2Realty Exclusive: A marginal rate cut/hike time again evokes reactions across the industries and the blame game continues where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) defends its balancing act of controlling inflation and the industry captains slam its short term outlook of stop gap arrangement.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Rohtas Goel, CMD of Omaxe agrees that the repositioning is more realistic now, mainly due to the fact that the real estate in the region is more buyer-driven now. The change in market dynamics has similarly altered the demand scenario and developers have begun to take cognizance of the same.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Analysis of South Zone (Bangalore)
Retail leasing activity in Bangalore remained active through 2012 due to the opening of a few malls particularly in the Whitefield micro-market. Apart from the stable leasing activity seen through the year, space enquiries from retailers during the period point to the fact that a number of them remained bullish on their medium to long term prospects due to the increasing affluence of the growing middle class.