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Supply of distressed commercial properties expected to increase during the second quarter of 2013
Track2Realty: Though the opening of the Indian retail sector to foreign direct investments may have brought cheers to the commercial real estate sector in the country, it is expected that the supply of distressed properties within the commercial segment will increase during the second quarter of 2013, according to the RICS India Commercial Property Survey Q1 2013.
Rebirth of integrated townships in 2013-III
Track2Realty Exclusive: Not all large developments can however, be called townships. A development comprising only budget apartments is an incomplete township. So is one that has only luxury housing. It is essential for a township to have an inclusive character.
Track2Realty Roundtable: Has ECB benefitted Indian realty-VI
I would like to ask the developer friends here when they say there is an ambiguity as far as ECB is concerned. Which are the funding routes that you find without ambiguity—whether it is private equity, QIP, IPO or any other route to raise money?
Gaurav Gupta: I would say there are multiple challenges for the sector.
Track2Realty Roundtable: Has ECB benefitted Indian realty-II
Ravi Sinha: Even in the Indian context, if you look at the places like Gurgaon. Had there been no infrastructure no one would be living over there and that is how NCR has evolved as a case study in satellite towns. But the disconnect is with the funding.
Bill to regulate real estate will not clip wings of players’
Track2Realty-Agencies: The proposed bill to regulate the real estate sector seeks to establish a transparent system of delivery and would not hamper the growth of the sector, a top government official has said.
Government mulling tough real estate regulator: Ajay Maken
Track2Realty-Agencies: Government plans to set up a tough regulator for the real estate sector with provisions for even jail term for the developer for putting out misleading advertisements about projects.
RBI managing shortages; realty expects to create surplus
Track2Realty Exclusive: A marginal rate cut/hike time again evokes reactions across the industries and the blame game continues where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) defends its balancing act of controlling inflation and the industry captains slam its short term outlook of stop gap arrangement.
Realty players seek more cuts in RBI rate to boost sector
Track2Realty-Agencies: Real estate players and analysts on Tuesday welcomed the Reserve Bank’s move to cut short-term lending rates, but said that more such steps are needed to bring growth back to the sector.
Fate of Regulatory Bill hangs in balance even after PMO steps in
Track2Realty-Agencies: The fate of the Real Estate Regulatory Bill hangs in balance even after PMO steps in to resolve differences between two ministries—Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Urban Development— threatening to further delay the long pending Bill. The PMO has reportedly stepped in and directed the warring ministries to quickly resolve their issues over the bill which aims to protect property buyer’s interest from unscrupulous realtors.