Track2Realty: The prime office space segment across key cities in India are witnessing an improvement in sentiment from last year. According to CBRE’s latest report, India Office Market View Q1 2013, prime office space absorption across key cities in India witnessed a 37% increase in Q1, 2013 as compared to Q1, 2012.
Track2Realty Exclusive: A festive spirit only adds to the buyers’ sentiments in the property market. It can not be catalyst to new sales if the sentiment in general is low, as has been evident in the property market of Mumbai in the last 3-4 years due to general slowdown and other macroeconomic subdued indicators. However, if the sentiments are bullish a festive season can turn out to be catalyst to market revival as well. That is very much expected in the Mumbai property market this time around, thanks to the change in the overall outlook.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Gudi Padwa is considered to be an auspicious occasion as it marks the new beginning of the Hindu New year and brings new hopes to every body’s life. People traditionally make important decisions and investments on this day. They believe in luck and prosperity and prefer buying homes during Gudi Padwa. During this period, usually developers come up with new launches, special schemes and discounts. Mumbai property market always looks forward to bright days on this auspicious festival.
Track2Realty: The demand for office space is likely to increase to 30.5 million sq ft this year, global real estate advisor DTZ said.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Consultancy firm DTZ India believes with abundant quality supply scheduled in next 2-3 years and fast paced development of infrastructure, Golf Course Extension Road in Gurgaon and Greater Noida Expressway are the emerging markets for office space.
Track2Realty Exclusive: It has been whispered in the real estate circle for quite some time, something that made the Delhi-NCR developers of office space smiling and their Mumbai counterparts worried. Amidst these MNCs and corporate looking forward to set-up their offices in India were wondering whether to go with the conventional wisdom of opting for the financial market of India or innovate with the new emerging financial centres in Delhi-NCR in general and Gurgaon in particular.
Track2Realty: The February 2013 ComScore report released recently has declared MagicBricks.com as emerged as the No 1 Property Portal on all traffic metrics of audience measurement in its report. ComScore is the internationally recognized media metric tracker for internet portals.
Track2Realty: Tata Housing has launched the second phase of its luxury residential development – Amantra. Amantra – Phase II comprises of 565, two and three BHK units, starting at Rs. 5800/- per square feet.
Track2Realty: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released final guidelines for issuing new bank licences on Friday. This will pave a way for corporate houses to enter the banking sector.
Track2Realty-Agencies: DLF aims to cut its net debt by half over the next three years to Rs 10,000-11,000 crore with the help of fresh issue of equity shares, sale of non-core assets and improved cash flows.