Bank loans to real estate drops sharply
Banking institutions have cut down on their lending to the real estate sector, according to a report put out on Wednesday by real estate consulting firm Knight Frank India.
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Investment in global retail real estate to hit 180 billion US dollar per annum by 2020: JLL
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 in London
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.
Balaji group enters real into estate business
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.
Retail realty professionals around the world meet in Sanghai summit next week
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.
The Indian real estate market – A view from the top
Interest from international real estate investors in Indian real estate has been limited in 2012. India has witnessed 6% q-o-q growth in direct commercial real estate in Q1 2012, as compared to China which has seen negative growth of -45%, however China performed better in Q2 2012 on the back of one mega deal. In Brazil, investment volumes seem to be reaching a more ‘normalised’, sustainable pace following the supercharged 2010-2011 period.
Indian realty destination next for skyscrapers-III
Not all experts and analysts are bullish in a country which has just two of world’s 276 skyscrapers. Prof PSN Rao, Professor of School of Planning and Architecture has a different take when he says high rise buildings look good in the urban city scape. However, in terms of the power they consume, the high initial costs of construction and high periodic costs of maintenance, perhaps they are not viable for residential structures.
US Government hires consultant to sell its real estate properties in India
The US Government has hired property consultancy Knight Frank to assess the valuation and strategic review of all its real estate properties in India. The properties, which house embassies, consulates, offices, residences, schools and libraries at prime locations across Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, were acquired over the years and are estimated to be approximately worth thousands of crores.
NRI real estate investment norms simplified
The purchase and sale of immovable properties in India by a Non Resident Indian (NRI) or by a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) is really a very simple and easy affair with not much hassles and problems.
Ambiguities in new real estate Bill
The Union cabinet may introduce the final version of the much awaited Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament. Earlier, the ministry had sought suggestions and recommendations from other ministries and government agencies on various provisions introduced in the Bill.