Track2Realty: Vardhaman real 3state has announced its first residential project “Springdale” in Dharuhera, Haryana. Springdale apartments promise to be surrounded with greenery to give a feel to live happy and healthy.
Track2Realty: Lotus Greens today embarked on a special outdoor campaign titled “Electability” whose message and communication revolves around the act of responsibility in casting one’s ballot. While the upcoming 2014 general election has inspired companies like Tata Global Beverages, ITC, HUL, Google and Facebook to come out with special campaigns.
Track2Realty: Godrej Properties has entered into an LLP to develop a residential township project in North Bengaluru. The project, spread across 100 acres, will offer a potential saleable area of approximately 0.87 million square meters (9.4 million sq. ft.) though its proximity to the new international airport may lead to a reduced consumption of FSI.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Noida seems to be on a highway of growth corridor and is fast emerging from the shadow of being poor cousin of NCR’s glorified market of Gurgaon. If the spate of luxury and other high-end launches are any indication, already Noida is in the process of an image makeover where the investors’ confidence is increasingly tilting in its favour. The price appreciation in the last over a year across the Delhi-NCR region suggests that Noida has been witness to the best ROI to the investors.
Track2Realty Exclusive: While most of the metro cities are crumbling under the burden of increasing urbanisation and the load on the land and infrastructure has led the life miserable there are cities like Pune which seem to be learning from the mistakes of these metro cities and the late movers’ advantage seem to be helping the city grow holistically in terms of its real estate developments and infrastructure issues. What makes the case of Pune even more unique, reasons why it is rated as the best city out of the four established metros is the fact that the social infrastructure has gradually been shaping up well in the city to compliment the physical infrastructure.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Samarjeet Singh went on a house hunt in Mumbai with the obvious expectations of entering into a buyers’ market. The reported stress and standing inventory of 48 months made him believe that this is the right time to negotiate the deal and also get the immediate possession with a record inventory available in the market.
Track2Realty Exclusive: As the country heads towards the General Elections with policy uncertainties expected to get clarity ahead once a new Government assumes office, it seems Indian real estate is yet again high on the wish list of the investors, both domestic and international. If the investments and the policy announcements since the second half of 2013 are any indication, there has been a clear indication that the phase of over-cautious market sentiments is getting over.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Has populism been behind the Maharashtra Government notification on affordable housing is the question that everyone within the built environment of real estate is today asking. There is a general feeling among the developers that the Maharashtra Government notification for the builders developing a housing project on a 4,000 sq m (acre) plot to reserve 20 per cent of the area for affordable housing is not in sync with the market reality.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Call it migration or mere attraction, the Indian Real estate is spreading its roots into cities-in-making. Though fact remains that this sector has lots to thank the tier I cities for its large scale investments, but the winds of change are here to stay. The recent economic and investment policies, initiated by the government are giving a boost to the less known lands across the Indian sub-continent.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Gujarat real estate has by and large reasons to feel satisfied with its better-than-national average performance during the year 2013. It would be safe to maintain that the property market in the state has weathered the slowdown blues better than many other matured property markets across the country and the developers are better off now than in 2009. As per rough estimates 50 per cent of top companies in the state have improved on their debt servicing while 30 per cent will see a fall in debt from next fiscal.