Minister admits government missed real estate growth opportunities
Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath admitted today that “the government has not responded to the tremendous growth in the real estate sector in the last one decade appropriately”.
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Thai developer to foray into Indian realty
Indian arm of a leading Bangkok based developer is looking to invest some $300 million in the country’s real estate market, particularly in the major cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
Mumbai residential real estate review – March 2011
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 leading to realty boom in Punjab
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.
CREDAI to focus on image management of real estate
Real estate developers are trying to change perceptions. A new team of office bearers which took charge at the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has announced to work on a set of measures that will help builders deliver projects on time, redress customer grievances and improve governance to change image and perception of the sector.
CREDAI Tamil Nadu says commercial realty going up
Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations (CREDAI) Tamil Nadu unit has said that enquires for commercial real estate property has picked up in the last couple of months following decent growth in the IT industry.
A tie budget; not won, not lost, say realtors
Real Estate developers across the country have termed the Union Budget 2011-12 as a tie cricket match which can’t be termed as won or lost. However, they are all unanimous that it is not a game changer budget for the sector.
Nothing for real estate to get excited about from Budget 2011: Anuj Puri, Jones Lang LaSalle India
It would seem that the Union Budget 2011 pointedly ignored the larger issues affecting the Indian real estate sector at this sensitive stage of revival and growth.
Scaling up the liberty of choice
With the reasonable expectation of a roof over the head not very long ago, the real estate boom in the last decade has scaled up the liberty of choice for the average home buyers. While the aspirations of even the middle and lower middle income with moderate budgets have gone up, there are very many residential projects launched in recent times that seem to fill the gap with the promise of faster deliveries, hi-tech amenities, luxurious lifestyle, lush green surroundings within the affordable range of 20-40 lakhs.
Fiscal deficit makes our expectations high: R K Jain, Executive Director – Wave City
The time of the year has come when everyone is dreaming about the Finance Minister’s briefcase. Though real estate is ready with its list of expectations, experts believe that this year it would be good to expect much from the government owing to the kind of fiscal deficit government is going through. Expectations are high because of the increase in home loan interest rates, which have hampered the affordability of the buyer.