Unsold, vacant, no takers…these words aptly sum up the story for real estate developers into malls in India. Even though retailers are spreading their wings once again after the slowdown, the absorption of malls remains sluggish, leading to high vacancies.
While real-estate and property advertising in India has been mostly lacklustre, a new campaign by Mumbai-based realty developer Oberoi Realty has broken the mould.
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.
DB Realty, the tainted Mumbai-based real estate developer whose name figured in the 2G spectrum investigations, has lost its fourth director since February.
After a one-year period starting 3Q 2009, which saw a strong recovery with a record 40%+ increase in prices, the Mumbai residential real estate market has been seeing a slowdown over the last two quarters across various micro markets.
Global financial meltdown and the NRIs fear psychosis with the collapse of financial institutions seems to have by default been the catalyst to the realty boom in Punjab.
This week has been a good one for investors in real estate shares, who had seen their investments lose 30%-55% in value over the past six months in the wake of a number of corruption allegations involving the sector.
Real estate developers have expressed their reservations to the proposed Real Estate Bill 2011, which is likely to see light by this year-end.
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Absalon Project, a joint venture between affiliates of VP Securities and Soros Fund Management, have launched a feasibility study for a mortgage system in the UAE, based on the principles of the Danish Mortgage Model.