Track2Realty Exclusive: “Revival is too strong a statement in today’s market,” says Anshuman Magazine, CMD of CBRE South Asia, adding that any upward movement is a healthy sign when it was expected to be stagnant not very long ago. The assessment of Magazine may be a generic overview of the realty market across the country, but when it comes to the Delhi-NCR real estate, it sounds like at prophetic statement.
Track2Realty Exclusive: These are the logical road to reforms and cutting time on approvals. Such a move will go well with the government and thus reinforce the confidence of the buyers also.
Track2Realty Exclusive-Yearly Analysis: The first visible sign of creditors losing patience came in October 2012 when two private equity funds, Citi Property Investors and JPMorgan Chase, initiated separate arbitration proceedings against BPTP on the grounds that it has failed to provide a time-bound exit for their respective investments in the company.
Track2Realty Exclusive-Yearly Analysis: Indian real estate companies are reeling under the burden of debt, so much so that the excess cash that they had borrowed has become a liability that they want to get rid of but are unable to relieve themselves due to various factors beyond their control. They are nonetheless trying all possible measures, from selling land bank to restructuring their portfolio. Track2Realty tries to assess the seriousness of the situation where many of the realtors are caught between the distress sale and the debt trap.
Track2Realty Exclusive: According to a recent data, there are over 100 million unsold inventories in the market and the developers are waiting to liquidate them. No wonder, it is attracting the brokers into group buying options. Property broker Agni Properties also added group buying to its portfolio in July 2011.
Track2Realty: Supertech today announced tie up with hospitality chain The Leela Palaces, Hotel and Resorts for management of its luxury hotel in Noida that is being developed at an investment of Rs 450 crore.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Jones Lang La-Salle (JLL) India has set up a new entity, JLL Segregated Funds Group to raise funds to invest in the Indian real estate market, and its first fund worth . 300 crore will be launched soon in the domestic market.
Track2Realty-Agencies: Azure Capital, the promoters of India Realty Fund I, launched its India Realty Fund-II (IRF2), a rental yield fund that focuses on commercial properties across the top seven cities of India. The size of the fund is Rs 250 crores with an additional Green shoe option of Rs 250 crores aggregating to Rs 500 crores.
Track2Realty: Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) recently got the green signal from SEBI to launch its first residential focused fund in India. It plans to raise $57 Mn.
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.