CBDs losing sheen to PBDs
Central Business Districts (CBDs) are supposed to be the lifeline of the city and a mirror of the economic activity and real estate market trend.
Central Business Districts (CBDs) are supposed to be the lifeline of the city and a mirror of the economic activity and real estate market trend.
College student Karan Kanodia believes he has struck gold in the real estate market with his recently launched United Demand, an Internet-based business that brokers housing purchases between home buyers and developers in Gurgaon, India.
When the leading real estate company DLF sold 1250 flats within 2 hours of launch in 2009, there were many eyebrows raised. After all, in a market that was weathering crisis of confidence and liquidity it was hard to believe in the first place.
Hotel Leelaventure will invest Rs.100 crore to upgrade its property in Goa in 2011 and is looking to expand presence in the country by opening new company-owned properties and taking up management contracts.
Australia’s Platinum Investment Management has raised its stake in India’s second largest real estate firm Unitech to 5.16%.
Indian buyers usually pay for apartments before construction has been completed. Many buyers do not take out mortgage loans (the ratio of housing loans to GDP is less than 5% in India).
Kotak Realty Fund, the property investment arm of India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank, plans to raise as much as USD 500 million by the second quarter of this year, in a bet on the long term case for property in Asia’s third-largest economy, a top official said.
Ashiana group has announced the completion of Phase 3 of its group housing project. Just half an hour’s drive from Gurgaon. Ashiana Aangan is strategically located at Bhiwadi, one of the fastest growing townships and industrial hub in northern India.
Hotel Leela is all set to foray into real estate development in order to cut its debt. The conversion of land banks into upmarket residential homes in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune is believed to raise Rs.950 crore for the company.
Real estate and construction has been voted as the most corrupt sector in India, according to a survey by global consultancy firm KPMG.