Track2Realty-Agencies: Ironic it may sound, but the developers are getting hurt by allegations of corruption in the realty sector. Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) has asked its about 10,000 members not to pay bribe to officials for getting project clearance.
Track2Realty: The total new demand that could be generated for residential dwellings in the period 2012 – 16 will be 11.8 million units across India, says a new report by Cushman & Wakefield. Of the total additional demand, the top 8 cities will be constituting 18% or 2.1 million units across categories. The annual report “Evolving Paradigm – Future Of Indian Real Estate” is in association with Global Real Estate Institute (GRI).
Track2Realty-Agencies: Over 20 realtors from India will participate in a property exhibition “India U Realty show: Unlock the potential of India real estate” which will bring together high net worth non-resident Indians (NRI) and persons of Indian Origins (PIO) in London to explore investment opportunities in India.
Track2Realty-CRIENGLISH: In a country where majority of the people do not have decent homes and the volume of sales of housing units in Indian markets is under pressure,a growing number of Indians are keen to buy homes abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Sending positive signs from easing the cash crunch for the realty sector, Secretary for Financial Services D K Mittal on Monday, Sep 17, asked the commercial banks to focus on funding partially completed projects on a priority basis and development of projects in small towns.
Jones Lang LaSalle has a new report, Redefining Retail Investment, to coincide with the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) 2012 Retail Real Estate World Summit, taking place in Shanghai this week.
MCHI-CREDAI’s 6th India Realty Expo will be held at The Cumberland, Great Cumberland Place, London, next to Marble Arch Station, Behind Oxford Street; 15 & 16 September, 10 am to 7 pm. The event has been planned so as to provide the NRI community in the U.K. with some of the most ‘happening’ real estate investment option across India’s Urbs Prima Indies – Mumbai City, suburbs and its peripheral areas including sister cities like Thane, Navi Mumbai, Dombivli Kalyan, Mira Virar among others – as also realty options from the neighbouring city of Pune and select properties from the land of Sun, Sand and Surf – Goa.
In a bid to check the mushrooming growth of slums in the state, the Odisha government is planning to create rental housing at an affordable monthly rent of up to Rs 2,000 for the poor.
Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Group has now entered Mumbai’s real estate market with two projects- a commercial complex in Chandivli, Andheri East, and a residential one in Mira Road – both being handled by her father and yesteryear star Jeetendra through group firms Balaji Developers and JK Developers.
More than 1,000 registered attendees from around the world will converge in Shanghai next week for the 2012 ICSC Retail Real Estate World Summit. More than 70 speakers around the globe from companies ranging from Apple and Walmart to India-based K Raheja Corp. will be discussing the latest trends transforming the international retail real estate industry.