Economic Survey: Housing sector’s share in GDP of India to rise to 6%
The share of housing sector to the overall GDP (gross domestic product) is likely to rise by one per cent to 6 per cent on increased investment.
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Housing & real estate negatives quite challenging
The Economic Survey, while recognising the importance of the services sector (it accounts for 59 per cent of gross domestic product), has raised concern over the second largest economic activity–housing & real estate. Three months after the government rolled back its decision to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, the survey referred to it as a major challenge before the sector.
Realtors unhappy with RBI’s move to keep policy rate unchanged
Real estate developers today expressed disappointment over the RBI’s decision to keep key policy rates unchanged and sought a cut in interest rate to boost housing demand.
Funding gap in real estate
Pranay Vakil: Let’s start by introducing ourselves. I am Pranay Vakil, Chairman of Knight Frank India. We are a brokerage and consultancy group, positioned as second in the business.
Need to distinguish between land acquisition and land purchase
The recently tabled Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill, 2011 in Parliament is meant to replace the 117-year-old Land Acquisition Bill of 1894.
Ahmedabad on road to fastest and most forward realty market
Ahmedabad stands out as a city that weathered the market slowdown most smartly and the property market of the city was the first in the country that showed signs of recovery by June 2009 itself. Since then realty in Ahmedabad is back and booming, with nearly 35% appreciation.
Chennai residential real estate market 2012
In contrast to what was been witnessed in many of the more volatile cities over the last couple of years, Chennai’s residential property market saw steady growth in terms of pricing, demand and supply. Chennai’s residential property market is predominantly end user driven, and this fact did a lot to sustain consistent absorption throughout 2011.
CLB asks Unitech to buy out Telenor or exit
The Company Law Board (CLB) has asked real estate company Unitech to decide by Monday if it wanted to buy its joint venture partner Telenor’s 67 per cent stake in telecom company Uninor or sell its 33 per cent stake to the Norwegian firm.
Tata Housing launches its retail brand GoodLife
Tata Housing has launched its first pan-India retail brand – GoodLife, specially designed to bring mall culture to urban localities where there are no malls.
Road ahead for PE funding in real estate
It has been a difficult market to be in as a developer. Rising interest rates have impacted the customer interest in new properties moderating the flow of new funds and in addition to that high inflation and rising commodity prices have increased substantially the delivery cost for existing projects.