India among top 20 global real estate investment markets
Track2Realty: India was ranked 20th among the top 20 real estate investment markets globally with investment volume of Rs 19,000 crore recorded in 2012.
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Repositioning and innovation reviving Delhi-NCR real estate-II
Track2Realty Exclusive: The perception of a sluggish market in Delhi-NCR is actually borne out of mistaken understanding of the developers’ marketing push.
Track2Realty Roundtable—Looking In and Looking Ahead-VII
Track2Realty Roundtable
Panelists—Dr Anil Sharma, CMD, Amrapali Group
Sunil Dahiya—Sr Vice President, NAREDCO & MD Vigneshwara Developers
Harmit Chawla—MD, HCorp Realty
PK Tripathi—President, Unitech
Moderator—Ravi Sinha, CEO & Managing Editor, Track2Realty
Ravi Sinha: Many of the developers have realised that focus on execution and not the land bank is the key. Companies which overleveraged their balance sheets or branched out into non-core areas have failed. Developers have also learnt it the hard way that real estate is a micro market business and fancy expectations of going pan-India can boomerang. Are not these tough lessons?
Realty evokes mixed response to budget; by and large optimistic
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Indian real sector has evoked mixed response to the Union Budget 2013-14, though by and large there is optimism within the sector. Here are some of the responses—
Realty indecisive with symbolic relief yet substantive denial in Budget 2013-14
Track2Realty Exclusive: Wading in troubled water, when the Indian real sector was looking for direction through the Union Budget 2013-14, the Finance Minister seems to have given symbolic relief to the sector by encouraging the home buyers but at the same time has denied the sector some of the long pending substantive demands. To allow an additional tax deduction of Rs 1, 00,000 on interest rate for home loans up to Rs 25 lakh, the Union Budget has aimed to give more boost in low cost housing segment.
Godrej Properties launches Godrej BKC
Track2Realty: Godrej Properties has launched its commercial development, Godrej BKC. Godrej BKC occupies a corner plot in the middle of India’s most prestigious and desirable commercial address, the Bandra-Kurla Complex.
Realty needs to create eco system of sustainable advocacy
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.
Holistic growth necessary in realty
Track2Realty: The past decade has witnessed a period of economic transformation of the Indian real estate industry. After the global financial crisis, the pace at which the industry has bounced back is magnificent. Our real estate ecosystem typically comprises of architects, developers, Government & regulatory authorities, financial institutions, private equity players, other funding agencies, brokers, property consultants and of course most importantly the buyers.
Facing labour shortage Indian construction sector looks at project management and mechanization: Synergy Report
Track2Realty: In India, labour shortage is pegged to go up by 65 per cent by the next decade with more workforce moving from traditional brick and mortar industry like the construction and real estate sectors to more lucrative industries such as IT, ITeS, Banking and Telecom.
Pragmatic realty moves ahead of budget rhetoric
Track2Realty Exclusive: Come budget and the real estate in the last few years seems to have been repeating the rhetoric of industry status. As a result, year after year it has been a case of realty proposes and the Finance Minister disposes. However, the sector on the eve of 2013-14 makes a strategic shift to be more realistic with its causes and concerns.