Focus on affordable housing at CREDAI Bangalore exhibition
The annual CREDAI Realty Expo organized by CREDAI kicked off on Saturday with hundreds of prospective property buyers thronging the exhibition at Palace Grounds.
The annual CREDAI Realty Expo organized by CREDAI kicked off on Saturday with hundreds of prospective property buyers thronging the exhibition at Palace Grounds.
Faced with the non-compliance by the real estate companies, Brand Capital, earlier known as Times Private Treaties, the ad-for-equity business of publishing group Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL), has hired real estate consultant Knight Frank India Pvt. Ltd to manage its real estate portfolio.
A first-of-its-kind real estate exhibition showcasing the finest properties and realty investment opportunities in Kerala is being organized in the city.
Stocks of real estate companies suffered widespread losses on the BSE today dragging down the sectoral index by 3.14 per cent on all-round selling by funds on fears of rate hike by RBI to curb inflation.
The 12th edition of Track2Realty BrandXReport 2023-24 is witness to the fact that the fiscal performance of nearly all the large & listed players is at an all time high. The real estate leadership is hence defined by the consumer experiences and their shared satisfaction along with the aspiration for the respective brands in the business.
Bengaluru-based Prestige Group has emerged as the National Brand Leader for the 2nd consecutive time. As a matter of fact, all the Top 3 National Brands of last fiscal year retain their respective Brand Rank with better Brand Score. Out of the Top 5 National Brands, 5 players are yet again from Bengaluru market. Sobha Limited improves its Brand Rank and jumps up to Number 4 this time around.
Prestige Group has emerged as the new Brand Leader of Indian real estate. The brand had continuously been closer to the Leadership and among the Top 3 National Brands. Brigade Group makes a giant leap and jumps from Number 5 to now the 2nd Best Brand of the business. DLF is continuously scaling up and now rests as 3rd Best Brand at the National level. Godrej Properties is losing its sheen as a Valuable Brand and slips down to Number 5 from Number 2 this fiscal year. Puravankara is also proving to be the Dark Horse of the National Brand Leadership and emerges from Number 7 to now at Number 5.
Ramneek Sethi, an IT professional wanted to invest in the stock market. He was keen on real estate stocks keeping in mind its growth potential and India’s increasing urbanisation. However, a meeting with the financial planner changed his mind. The financial planner categorically asked him to stay away from volatile real estate stocks and instead get into the power play through proxies in cement, steel, and other ancillary businesses. Reason: Real estate stocks are not just volatile, but more often than not even defy the principles of fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
There is no denying that the real estate stocks have always been high in demand for investors. After all, in a housing deficient country like India it has to constantly grow. Isn’t it? However, what is often intriguing is that some of the real estate stocks have much higher price point, compared to the industry peers with similar fundamentals, including the EPS and PE ratio. This raises a fundamental question as to what determines the price of the real estate stocks.
While other developers aspiring to go global are tying up with international brands, PNC Menon, founder and Chairman Emeritus of Sobha Group believes in organic growth of the brand. In an exclusive interview with Ravi Sinha at his Dubai office, he explains how Sobha has the inherent resilience to succeed anywhere in the global market. Focus on quality & don’t break the law is his mantra of global brand leadership.
It is easy to criticize the Indian real estate sector for its narrative, or the lack of it. But it takes some thorough understanding of the business, its ROI cycle, its historical legacies and multiple other factors to find method into the madness. We explore how the real estate can create its own effective narrative like some of the other matured industries.