Track2Realty: Puravankara Projects is launching a luxury residential apartment project in Rajajinagar, Bangalore. Located in a prime area of Rajajinagar in central west Bengaluru, the project is just 1.4 km from the city railway station and about 2.7 km from the commercial hub, Majestic bus stand.
Track2Realty Exclusive Yearly Analysis: India has led the list of top-performing housing markets globally with a 284 per cent real rise in prices since 2001, which is equivalent to an average annual rise of 14 per cent, according to the Lloyds TSB International Global Housing Market Review.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The Bombay High Court has cleared the way for construction major Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. to sue Qatar Airways for Rs 59 lakh with interest.
Track2Realty Exclusive Yearly Analysis: The cash in the industry is fast drying up. Not because banks are reluctant to finance projects but because investors are now shying away as realtors are not being able to deliver on the high returns they promised to investors.
Track2Realty: The commercial property market has slowed down, considering it has a strong correlation with global and economic factors and performance. The office segment has seen a pronounced dip, with absorption levels in the two major markets of Mumbai and Delhi-NCR seeing a year-on-year slump of 47% and 26% respectively, as per industry sources.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The capital city is witnessing a face lift with various infrastructural initiatives, increasing prominence of satellite towns and emergence of new business districts. The Master Plan 2021 aims at making Delhi “a global metropolis and a world class city” for which necessary initiatives are being undertaken by both the Government and the private sector.
Track2Realty: Tata Housing has announced a non-binding MoU of Rs. 3500 crore with the Government of Gujarat at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar, yesterday. This agreement represents Tata Housing’s persistent efforts to create sustainable affordable townships and has been planned for the suburbs of Ahmedabad.
Track2Realty Exclusive Yearly Analysis: Some analysts believe the economy of the scale in the business is helping the developers to hold the stock. They maintain the developer does not put in his own money in financing a project. Even though the cost of land in cities like Mumbai and Delhi accounts for 70-80 percent of the construction cost, at least 50 per cent of the projects are in joint venture with the land owner.
Track2Realty: Amidst a global economic slowdown as a consequence of the US fiscal cliff and Eurozone debt crisis, India’s growth forecasts too have been revised downward over the last three quarters of the year. Even in 2013, it is unlikely that we will see a spurt in growth given the existing inflationary pressures and large fiscal deficit which could adversely impact the scope for policy stimulus in the country.
Track2Realty: Strongly opposing the country’s first ever SEZ exit policy formulated by the Maharashtra Government, CREDAI has expressed fear that the move will cause urban chaos rather than solving any.