Omkar Realtors & Developers Pvt Ltd has launched its second project in Andheri East ‘The Summit – Business Bay’. This business centre offers small, flexible & self-contained office spaces starting at 994 sq. ft. The grand single tower infrastructure soaring high on connectivity and accessibility is characterized by 13 floors of office space spread over 5 lakh sq ft.
Even as Lower Parel and BKC vie with each other for pre-eminence as Mumbai’s commercial real estate hotspots, Dadar – Mumbai’s oldest and most established locations – stands in a class uniquely its own by virtue of its extremely favourable geographical placement and connectivity. For this reason – and for all practical purposes – Dadar is the heart of Mumbai.
Within a week of launching the super-luxury Nitesh Logos, Bangalore-based premium property developer Nitesh Estates Ltd., now announces the launch of Nitesh Mall, in the up-market Indiranagar. This mall built with world-class amenities is going to offer great shopping and entertainment experience, making it the most sought after mall in the Central Business District of Bangalore.
Nearly all the real estate developers, a whopping 96 per cent, across the country are cribbing for the sectors’ continued under representation in the Union Budget over the years.
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) has forecasted Kochi to emerge as the next realty hot spot in the wake of the commissioning of the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT ) at Vallarpadam. CREDAI believes the prices of land and buildings are all set to skyrocket as it will generate more direct and indirect employment opportunities.
As real estate prices shoot up and interest rates, the outlook for the sector does not look too bright. In its year-end report, Knight Frank has stated that new home sales in India have fallen by 25 per cent due to soaring prices. With the Reserve Bank of India tightening lending norms to developers and raising interest rates, the property market is likely to plumb new lows in 2011 as buyers disappear.
If you are living as a tenant in Mumbai and seeking to buy a house this year, there seem to be quite a few confusions going around. While some of the reports and projected forecasts may give you a ray of hope, it would rather mislead you and your wait for a cheaper home may actually cost you to pay more in future.
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Real estate developers have called for focussed support in the Budget for the first-time home buyer and measures to augment supply of housing for affordable and low income groups. Industry representatives have also called for a simplification of systems and tax reliefs as a step to bringing down costs and catalyse developments.
The RICS, an international, self regulatory professional body relating to real estate, has called for a mechanism for consumer protection and fair practices in real estate transactions. This will also help increase domestic and foreign investments in this sector.