Track2Realty: Subdued economic growth on the domestic front and persistent concerns about the economic outlook in USA and Euro Zone moderated business confidence among office space occupiers in 2012. As a result, the major seven cities in India witnessed restrained office space take-up in 2012.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The best part is that the banks are now a party to revive the property drive in the city. They are also hosting property exhibitions, introducing combo products that offer further interest rate reduction on a car loan if a customer has already taken a home loan and are sugar coating home loan products, besides cutting interest rates and waiving processing fees to pep up demand for home loans.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Mumbai real estate is on its way to bounce back to normalcy this Diwali after a couple of years of turmoil where many economists were clueless as to how a demand-supply product can challenge the conventional wisdom of economics where prices are going northwards and transaction the other way.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Many believe the current level of housing inventory is limited and hence many of the companies are launching their projects in phases. The current spate of launches in Mumbai has opened up an inventory of 5,000 plus premium residential apartments aggregating Rs 7,200 crore at market average of Rs 12,000 per sq ft. A majority of the inventory on offer is for the premium residential segment.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Mumbai property market seems to be determined to break the jinx this festive season with new launches, offers, changed marketing formats and even price correction. If the market trend so far is any indication, it is quite apparent that the developers have gone through the learning curve in the last 2-3 years and are now determined to break the jinx. In this endeavour to bounce back, buyers are smiling all their way to property search and in the process the city property market is defying the collective consciousness of being an over-heated realty market.
Track2Realty: Real estate sentiment remains fragile, most notably in the occupier markets in Europe, as the global economy continues to face strong and persistent headwinds. The recession in Europe, coupled with only modest growth in the US and a slowdown in China has resulted in global economic prospects being no more certain than in the previous quarter. These are the findings of These are the findings of the latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey.
Track2Realty: Office space absorption witnessed a 14% q-o-q decline during the 3rd quarter of 2012, according to the findings of CBRE’s latest report, India Office Market View Q3, 2012. Prime office space absorption across the 7 key cities reviewed decreased to about 6 million sq ft in the third quarter, compared to more than 7 million sq ft in the previous quarter.
Track2Realty: India Against Corruption (IAC) raised certain allegations, some of which pertained to DLF. In this regard, we would like to state that the business relationship of DLF with Mr Robert Vadra or his companies, has been in his capacity as an individual entrepreneur, on a completely transparent and at an arm’s length basis. Our business relationship has been conducted to the highest standards of ethics and transparency, as has been our business practices, all around.
Track2Realty: Cushman & Wakefield estimates commercial office space demand of over 180 million square feet (msf) in the next five years (2012 – 16) in the top 8 cities of the country. This was released in the annual publication entitled “Evolving Paradigm – Future of Indian Real Estate” in association with Global Real Estate Institute (GRI) at their India Summit 2012. The report also estimates the total expected supply for the next five years in these eight cities as 219. 6 million sqft, basis announced projects and current pace of construction; indicating a condition of excess supply in the coming few years.
Track2Realty-Agencies: With an aim to showcase properties across Nashik under one umbrella and provide buyers the opportunity to purchase real estate in Nashik the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) has organised a mega realty expo called ‘Shelter’ in the city from December 20-23.