Track2Realty-Agencies: Demand & supply mismatch is proving to be the burden for developers now, at least in the funding market. Most of the PE deals in the year so far has fallen into residential projects. PE players are investing in projects for shorter duration and with better cash flows.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Union Cabinet on Thursday, Oct 25, once again deferred the Real Estate (regulation and development) Bill pending for approval since May last year.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The way group buying in real estate works is simple. Take GrOffr.com for instance. This is an online and offline integrated platform which showcases property. It uses social media networks to let buyers know about possible good deals, and leaving it to them to do some viral marketing. Once a large group of buyers is thus formed, the group buying site then introduces it to the network of dealers and developers and helps negotiate a suitable discount.
Track2Realty: MCHI-CREDAI has embarked on an ambitious four-day property exhibition from November 01, 2012 showcasing flats, bungalows and commercial offering from across Mumbai city and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Union Cabinet on today, Oct 25, is likely to discuss the bill to regulate the real estate sector and also protect the interests of home buyers.
Track2Realty: Everstone Capital has appointed Rajesh Jaggi as the Managing Partner for its real estate business.
Track2Realty: Raising alarm over Mumbai and Maharashtra becoming increasingly “investor unfriendly”, developers apex body CREDAI has said the State Government’s policies will end up being its gift to Gujarat’s upcoming Gift City.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Young professionals in metro cities are no longer the demand drivers of residential property. More than half of them, as many as 57%, say they would prefer to stay in rented apartment and instead invest in their tier-II and tier III city home town for better appreciation potential. 78% of those working professionals with double-income who have bought a house in metro now want to invest in their home town for second home.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Group buying is emerging as a win-win situation for both the buyers and the developers.Track2Realty talks to all the concerned parties in the deal to find that while it saves the marketing cost of the developers and increases the bargain of the buyers, in no way it cuts the role of the intermediaries as well, thus making it the most lucrative marketing model for all in the future.
Track2Realty: Regardless of the state of the economy, associated market sentiments and on-going funding trends, developers need to generate initial capital to successfully launch and complete their projects. Only by doing so can they maintain the kind of churn that makes the real estate development business profitable.