Surging growth in emerging markets such as China and India will boost demand for real estate, although uncertainties such as an oil shock could pose major risks, economist Nouriel Roubini said on Thursday.
BNP Paribas has raised its ratings on Indian real estate developers, citing a discounted value and improving outlook.
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja said in the Rajya Sabha the Real Estate (Regulation of Development) Bill is still being deliberated.
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.
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.
Pune-based real estate developer Hasan Ali Khan, who was arrested on late Monday night by the Enforcement Directorate, was remanded by the sessions court to ED’s custody on Tuesday. Khan was kept at JJ Hospital for most part of the day, as he complained of high blood pressure.
Suspecting the use of black money to finance deals in the country’s booming real estate sector, the Income Tax Department is keeping close tabs on the sources of funding for developers’ lucrative projects.
Shahid Balwa, a key figure in the telecom scandal that has shaken the government, has resigned as the head of his flagship real estate company, DB Realty. Balwa is vice-chairman of Gulf group Etisalat’s joint venture in the country and at 36 was the youngest billionaire on last year’s Forbes India rich list.
DB Realty Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company on March 05, 2011 has noted and accepted the resignations of Mr. Shahid Balwa, as Managing Director and also as Director of the Company with effect from February 09, 2011 in view of his preoccupation relating to certain investigations.
Tata Realty Initiatives Fund-I, managed by Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd, has bought over Kotak India Real Estate Fund-I, a $100 million (Rs.450 crore) fund managed by Kotak Realty Fund in Peepul Tree Properties Pvt. Ltd for Rs.385 crore.