Track2Realty-Agencies: The Delhi Consumer Commission has asked TDI Infrastructure Pvt Ltd to pay over Rs 35 lakh to a man for non-completion of project, in which he had booked a plot, even after three years from date of promised delivery of possession, saying it “amounts to deficiency of service”.
Track2Realty: High profitability is driving growth of new main streets, says Cushman & Wakefield’s report, ‘New Retail Frontiers: Emerging Main Streets in India. The report analyses the potential of new locations, which are emerging as retail hotspots in the seven major cities of Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Hyderabad.
Track2Realty: Demand for housing across leading cities remained subdued in the first half of 2014. Owing to high pricing and lending rates, buyer preference remained focused on secondary and emerging markets of leading cities; while developers began to offer discounts to boost sales ahead of the festive season. This general slackness in housing sales has been primarily triggered off by the Affordability Index going down in certain cities; although home buyers have been investing in markets that they perceive to be offering value for the product, as well as the preferred location.
Track2Realty: Pune is no longer the small city whose only claim to fame was its proximity to the country’s financial capital, whose real estate market survived on rural demand emerging from the hinterlands of Maharashtra.
Track2Realty Exclusive: There are very few property markets across the country where the developments have been holistic. Some have grown as the residential zones, while others have developed as commercial zones. Even in commercial segment certain markets are known as retail markets while the rest of the markets have more office spaces. The locations close to the Central Business Districts (CBDs) get to see a few hospitality projects. Navi Mumbai, however, defies this growth pattern of the property market.
Track2Realty: Pune is no longer the small city whose only claim to fame was its proximity to the country’s financial capital, whose real estate market survived on rural demand emerging from the hinterlands of Maharashtra. Today, the perfect blend of its manufacturing and services sectors make Pune a standalone economic powerhouse in all respects, with a rate of job generation that is hard to match.
Track2Realty: CBRE recently conducted a research study on more than 300 prominent global brands to identify trends on operational dynamics, expansion and extent of penetration across leading cities. The analysis reveals that while India has emerged as a prominent destination for leading retail groups as varied as food and beverage (F&B), fashion and apparel, and big box hypermarket chains, F&B retailing remains one of the most penetrated segments in terms of global retailer presence, while the hy
Track2Realty: While real estate is a constantly changing and evolving concept, some parameters remain constant – the three success mantras are still Location, Location and Location. In this respect, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (or PCMC) is an important chapter in the annals of Pune real estate’s success story.
Track2Realty: Indian real estate market witnessed a significant change in the last decade mainly backed by opening up of FDI in the sector and shift in preference to high-rises over traditional low-rise structures, according to a report.
Track2Realty: India’s economy grew 5.7% y-o-y in Q1 2014 (April–June) beating market consensus forecasts of 5.3%, and showing signs of recovery following annual growth numbers of between 4.4% and 5.2% in each quarter between Q1 2012 and Q4 2013.