Ansal Properties & Infrastructure plans to expand townships in Lucknow, Greater Noida
Ansal Properties & Infrastructure plans to expand its two big…
Ansal Properties & Infrastructure plans to expand its two big…
Chennai real estate has suffered a major jolt as three of its leading builders, DLF, Hirco and Hiranandani, have been removed from the builders’ body, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI ). Yet another major builder, Vijay Shanthi, has opted out of CREDAI membership on its own. Trouble is brewing in CREDAI’s Karnataka unit too, where four builders have been expelled.
Despite the market slowdown and high competitiveness among the ‘Big Boys’ in the Indian residential real estate business, smaller builders of residential projects can still corner a healthy market share. It is all a matter of knowing which league to play in, and how to play.
Housing demand is expected to remain subdued in short-to-medium term…
The government has formed a committee to evolve a workable strategy for reducing the time taken in approval of real estate projects which could ultimately reduce the cost of houses by 25 to 40 per cent, minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation Kumari Selja said on Friday, May 11.
The Central Crime Station (CCS) police of Hyderabad on Thursday, May 10, arrested the Managing Director of a real estate company for duping his customers of Rs 3 crore by promising housing plots to them. Many incriminating documents also seized from him.
When the Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed home buyers to withhold 1% of the sale consideration as Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), it became a free-for-all kind of football match with developers and property consultants alleging that it could encourage black money component in real estate, while tax consultants believed otherwise and pointed out that the reach of the banking sector in rural area makes it easier to detect unsavoury deals.
By: Sameer Gholve, Manager – Capital Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle…
Cognizant Technology Solutions has increased its real estate infrastructure expansion in India by nearly $200 million.
The US-based company, which has large offshore presence in India, has revised its investment plan to a total of $700 million in real estate from 2011 through 2015.
Bangalore-based real estate developer Puravankara Projects net profit rose 173 per cent to Rs 46.05 crore during the fourth quarter of the last fiscal.
Last year, net profit stood at Rs 20.89 crore during the corresponding quarter.