Track2Realty: Dr Kunal Banerji has re-joined M3M and this is his second innings with the company as Marketing Head. Previously, he was responsible for launching M3M’s realty brands like M3M Golf Estate, Polo Suites, URBANA, Cosmopolitan and Merlin.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Some believe with the current prediction of stability factor in the value of rupee will further lead to infusion of funds from NRIs. Ahmedabad is one of the fastest emerging and budding cities in India. The city is well-known for its vibrancy and its assertiveness towards the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Any commercial property with a rental value of Rs. 70-80 per square feet may be an ideal place to do business with. That, however, is not a reality in Gandhipuram of Coimbatore. Reason: the destination known as the commercial belly of Coimbatore was till recently offering the rental yields in the range of Rs. 30-40 per square feet. Critics even term the recent appreciation as not sustainable in commercial property rally in this micro market.
Track2Realty: Puravankara Projects has announced the pre-launch of Purva Amaiti,a luxury property at the heart of the business district in Singanallur on Trichy Road.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Agreeing that it is time for fresh approach and marketing strategy, Anshuman Magazine, CMD of CBRE, South Asia says the recent policy moves from the RBI—vis-à-vis the rise in repo rate as well as the 20:80 scheme—are expected to further dampen investor sentiments in the upcoming festive season.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Ramnath Naik had gone on a house hunting spree on Ahram Road of Ahmedabad last year. The price was in the range of Rs. 5000-5500 per sq feet and hence out of his budget at that point of time. Now that he has arranged his budget and again went back to check the property prices with the apprehension of again getting disappointed with the perceived hike in price since then, he was pleasantly surprised.
Track2Realty Exclusive: As a brand management professional, I am often asked as to which industry in India needs branding the most. Without any second thoughts, my answer is real estate. Prima facie that may sound very counterintuitive as real estate is after all a big advertising spender.
Track2Realty Exclusive: When Prahlad Patel went on a property hunt in the city of Vadodara, the broker had a curious look at his face. Under the impression that Patel is one among the many NRIs looking to invest in the city property with the fall in the Indian currency he thought it is his duty to narrate how the property market is just ripe to enter for sizeable return.
Track2Realty Exclusive: A McKinsey report to the Government of India on cost of approval had clearly pointed out that the costs incurred on account of various approvals could constitute anything up to 40 per cent of the sale value. Such is the enormity of the problem of approvals and that the challenge of negativity that we suffer from.
Track2Realty Exclusive: At a time when the critics of Mumbai real estate were busy with the conspiracy theory and prophets of doomsday were writing the obituary, with the report suggesting the city market sitting over 48 months of inventory lending credence to such conspiracy theory, there has been an under-current in the Mumbai property market where some of the smart developers were devising new strategies to beat the slowdown.