Mumbai office oversupply expected to correct prices
An oversupply of commercial office space in Mumbai and other metros could lead to a huge price correction in the country’s realty market.
An oversupply of commercial office space in Mumbai and other metros could lead to a huge price correction in the country’s realty market.
The third annual global Energy Efficiency Indicator (EEI) shows that building owners and operators throughout India continue to place higher importance on energy management in comparison to their peers in other major countries.
The level of FDI in the real estate sector is unlikely to show a quantum jump this year, courtesy a slow GDP growth rate, high debt levels of the real estate developers, labour shortage and economic crisis in the US and Europe.
The current global scenario might be one of gloom, with markets in the US and in Europe on the brink of a double dip recession, but interest in Indian real estate is still high among global investors
DTZ Research estimates that US$316bn of capital will be available to invest in global real estate in 2012, a 4 per cent decrease on its previous estimate at the end of 2010.
More than 500 real-estate projects worth over Rs.3,000 crore will be on display at a property show organised by Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate Developers (GIHED).
The demand for office space in Chennai is expected to dip, with an expected slowdown in North American and European countries affecting the information technology sector.
Regus, provider of flexible workplaces, is set to make major investments to capitalise on the accelerating global trend toward flexible working.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), which set up its India operations nearly three years ago, has now formed a new world region ‘RICS South Asia’ as it looks to strengthen its presence in the Asian subcontinent.
Residential prices in Asia continue to increase, contrary to the pattern elsewhere, according to the Global House Price Index for the second quarter of 2011 by property consultant Knight Frank.