Pune property market defying any slowdown apprehensions
While many of the Indian cities are reeling under the apprehension of slowdown with sales nosediving, Pune real estate has defied any such apprehensions.
While many of the Indian cities are reeling under the apprehension of slowdown with sales nosediving, Pune real estate has defied any such apprehensions.
Shares of DLF, the largest real estate company, fell 6 per cent on Thursday, march 1, as Veritas, a Canadian investment research company, advised its clients to sell the company’s shares.
Manesar was envisaged as a model township encompassing residential real estate as well as commercial office and industrial establishments. Hence, it was appropriately christened as IMT (Integrated Manesar Township).
During the year 2011 when almost all other matured property market witnessed dip in transaction and price correction was on everyone’s lip, Bangalore registered both healthy transaction as well as upward price movement.
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.
The world’s housing downturn is gathering momentum, according to the latest world-wide survey of house price indices prepared by the Global Property Guide.
Recently an acquaintance – a fund manager by profession – relocated to India to set-up a domestic PE fund here. He had invested in a Mumbai residential property strategically located close to the primary business district and an international school for his kid.
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.
RBI’s latest notification says that stamp duty, registration and other charges should be excluded while calculating the value of a property. This is expected to have a short-term impact and is unlikely to turn out to be a show stopper.
In a bid to boost housing sector credit, the Indian government is contemplating to enhance the income-tax exemption for up to Rs 3 lakh paid as interest on housing loans in a year, from the existing limit of Rs 1.5 lakh.