Track2Realty Exclusive: Thane is a cosmopolitan suburb which has evolved from being a mere city of lakes to the nestling zone of the urban middle class. Most of the working professionals in Mumbai have found Thane to be an ideal location to buy an apartment or take it on rent. Affordability has been a key USP of Thane property market, which has further been ignited with better connectivity.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Tamil Nadu Government must be commended for its focus on infrastructure development; it is a key determinant of the state’s economic progress. So long as the commitment to infrastructure remains, the prognosis for real estate will be good.
Track2Realty: Sobha Developers, on a consolidated basis, registered a turnover of Rs. 10.08 Billion during the first half of FY 2013-14. The Profit before Tax (PBT) stood at Rs. 1.71 Billion, and the Profit after Tax (PAT) was Rs. 1.07 Billion. On a year-on-year basis, Revenues have increased by 18%, PBT by 21% and PAT by 12% from its operations.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Some of the developers believe that being a responsible corporate entity CSR forms a very important aspect of their day to day functioning. For example, Kamal Khetan, CMD, Sunteck Realty says they have formed Sunteck Foundation that is a dedicated entity which under its umbrella supports various initiatives that lead to social betterment.
Track2Realty-Agencies: India’s diversified group Godrej says its fast growing realty estate business could become the biggest venture for the conglomerate in the next 10 years.
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 Survey: 70 per cent of the Indians who have either bought a house or are planning to buy believe brand reputation only amounts to the developers’ past projects. More than that, 78 per cent maintain the track record of timely delivery of the project is the best way to judge the developers’ brand.
Track2Realty: India has witnessed the sharpest appreciation in real estate prices in the last couple of years, according to data from the Global Property Guide, an organization which collates real estate data from across the world.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Data for the past few years show that real estate has been a rewarding asset class. For example, in 2011, one of the worst years for equities when the Sensex fell nearly 25 per cent, prices of homes in most Indian cities remained firm despite the overall economic uncertainty, both in global and domestic markets.
Track2Realty: DTZ has expanded its full service real estate operations in India by investing in the upcoming hub of real estate in the south of the country, Chennai. The announcement came with the inauguration of a new client service office in the city. This office will be a part of DTZ’s Southern operations and will also serve the peripheral markets of Kochi and Coimbatore.