Track2Realty-Agencies: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on Monday, Oct 29, pitched for tax incentives to woo investors into the proposed real estate investment trusts (REITs), which, it was felt, would go a long way in helping cash-strapped companies raise funds.
Track2Realty: Office markets in India registered a downward trend in overall net absorption for the first three quarters of 2013, as per the latest report released by global real estate consultants, Cushman & Wakefield.
Track2Realty Exclusive: When it comes to the esteemed idea of real estate, industry stalwarts can boast that in this country, real estate can match up to any investment. As an investor though, you would require a little more convincing. So what should you look at? The answer stems to a more personal equation between liquidity, appreciation, other income, and probable growth.
Track2Realty: SARE Homes has launched its new project ‘Club Terraces’ in Sector 92, Gurgaon. The developer plans to develop this iconic 19-storey tower that will overlook the SARE club, which will be the largest and finest club in Gurgaon, set amidst 7 acres of land.
Track2Realty studies the role of brand ambassadors in the Indian real estate as the advertisements are often blamed to be not just aspirational but misleading as well. How far celebrity endorsement helps the company and to what extent their celebrity status gets affected by a sector where trust deficit is pretty high
Track2Realty Exclusive: Bhiwadi in Alwar district may be seen as a gateway to Rajasthan by many, its emergence as a property hotspot has more to do with the thriving economic activity in the neighbouring state of Haryana. Of course, Rajasthan Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) is also aggressively pushing to make the place a destination magnet.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Seeking to attract real estate investors to the capital market, SEBI has revived an over five-year old proposal to allow listing and trading of REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) as an investment product.
Track2Realty: The real estate sector has been hoping against hope that the rates will be marginally cut in order to keep the sentiments bullish. Reports of foreign funds warming up and the substantial contribution of the sector, 6 plus to the Indian GDP was also being seen as an indication of why the policies would be eased.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Data for the past few years show that real estate has been a rewarding asset class. For example, in 2011, one of the worst years for equities when the Sensex fell nearly 25 per cent, prices of homes in most Indian cities remained firm despite the overall economic uncertainty, both in global and domestic markets.
Track2Realty Exclusive: There are analysts who believe the retail investors need to be exposed to this asset class through an institutionalized vehicle, which would be regulated. REITS is the ideal solution.