Realtors protest new bill
Real estate developers have expressed their reservations to the proposed Real Estate Bill 2011, which is likely to see light by this year-end.
Real estate developers have expressed their reservations to the proposed Real Estate Bill 2011, which is likely to see light by this year-end.
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.
Chennai-based real estate developer True Value Homes is planning to invest Rs.800 crore over the next three years to develop around 12 projects, majority of which will be in the residential segment.
Indians are emerging as among the most active buyers of property in Britain, according to a report in local British media.
Mumbai-based RCSPL, which owns group buying portal for real estate GrOffr.com, has acquired Mobstreet.in, a company which was officially shut down in December 2010 due to lack of funds.
It’s been a weak start to the year for the Mumbai real estate market with the number of property sales registered in India’s financial capital continuing to fall for the second consecutive month.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday sought to dispel apprehensions that the real estate prices will crash in and around Hyderabad after Telangana state is created.
Mumbai saw a steep rise in property prices during the boom period of 2008. However, the economic slowdown in 2009 led to a property market crash which made itself very tangible in Mumbai in the first quarter of 2009, stabilizing by the middle of year and rising again between the 3rd and 4th quarters.
Blaming use of black money in real estate to archaic laws, India’s largest realty firm DLF has said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s emphasis on reduction of stamp duty will help in cleansing the sector.
The Association of Builders and Developers of Thrissur (ABD) will merge with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), the apex body for private real estate developers in India.