Track2Realty: India’s economy grew 5.7% y-o-y in Q1 2014 (April–June) beating market consensus forecasts of 5.3%, and showing signs of recovery following annual growth numbers of between 4.4% and 5.2% in each quarter between Q1 2012 and Q4 2013.
Track2Realty: The National Green a Tribunal has ordered Resilience Realty Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Rustomjee Realty to give notice to prospective purchasers before creating new third party rights in respect of the Rustomjee Oriana project at the MHADA Gandhi Nagar Layout, at Kala Nagar at Bandra East, Mumbai.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug 27, ordered DLF to deposit Rs 630 crore in 3 months as a pre-condition for entertaining its appeal against the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) decision upholding a Competition Commission’s order imposing the hefty penalty.
Track2Realty: L&T Infra Finance has signed an agreement with Lavasa Corporation for purchase of 20.23 hectares of land, with a development potential of 5 lakh sq.ft at Mugaon town in Lavasa City, near Pune.
Track2Realty: With the liberalisation of the FDI policy, evolving consumer preferences and entry of global retail brands in India, mall developers are busy adapting their retail developments to the changing requirements and trends. Indeed, one of the most imperative transformations is the increasing focus on planning and optimisation of retail spaces so as to extract their highest potential.
Track2Realty: The overall mall vacancy levels across the top eight India cities remained stagnant at 14.47% in Q2 2014, which was recorded around 0.4 percentage points lower compared to Q1 2014. Amongst the top eight cities, Pune witnessed sharpest decline of 2.5 percentage points due to healthy leasing activity and no new mall supply. These are the findings of Cushman & Wakefield latest report.
Track2Realty Exclusive: It is strange paradox of economics that property prices keep on moving up despite the sluggish market economy and demand. Various research agencies in recent years have reported about the amount of unsold stock lying with the developers and how it has increased over the last quarter or year. This gives hope to the end users that prices might come down to reasonable level.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The imprint in the minds of collective consciousness is about affordable market when it comes to Noida; the reality is increasingly getting different from perception. It is no more about affordable housing that defines Noida, nor is it about small industrial clusters; the multinationals and other big ticket corporate houses are increasingly rewriting the market dynamics of Noida.
Track2Realty: Across the world, the stride of migration from rural urban areas is increasing. By 2050, about 70% of the population will be living in cities, and India is no exception. India will need about 500 new cities to accommodate the rapid influx of population into its urban regions.
Track2Realty Exclusive: It was only a few years back that when a couple of high-end luxury projects were launched in Pune analysts were busy with the cost-benefit analysis of the splurge in the market. The rising interest of NRIs, HNIs and even global realty baron soon made everyone realise that Pune has already made its presence on the luxury landscape of India.