Identifying a good and reliable broker is the first step in your entry into the property market. However, there are no defined policy guidelines in this highly disorganized business and Track2Realty suggests that one has to be careful judging the intent and credentials of the broker with certain tangible and intangible parameters.
Godrej Properties’ stock offering to raise up to $90 million received bids for 18 percent more than the shares on offer, boosting the outlook for a newly approved process that companies can tap to cut founder stakes.
Can policy paralysis lead to postponement of sales exhibition? Doesn’t sluggish market demand more pro-active sales drive? Is a completely sold out exhibition postponed because it anticipates no business in advance? Well, if MCHI-CREDAI is to be believed, they have postponed the Real Estate & Housing Finance Exhibition, PROPERTY 2012 Mega Show, scheduled to be held on 12th – 15th April, 2012, due to policy paralysis. However, it seems to be more a case of ideas paralysis.
ITES and BFSI continue to be primary demand drivers of office space in India in 2012, says DTZ Occupier Perspective: India Office Demand and Trends Survey 2011. It says Delhi NCR and Bengaluru preferred by IT/ITES while Mumbai is BFSI’s favourite. Tier II cities of Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh and Jaipur preferred by IT/ITES; Ahmedabad by BFSI’s favourite; Gurgaon is the preferred micro market in Delhi NCR.
SARE Homes (South Asian Real Estate) has launched ‘Petioles’, privacy apartments with Gurgaon’s first luxury private Sky Deck in Gurgaon, Sector 92. Developed on a sprawling 48-acre integrated township, Petioles claims to be Gurgaon’s first luxury private ‘Sky Deck’ consisting of a viewing deck, yoga and meditation zone, viewing deck, water wall and putting green.
In a major reshuffle, Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar Properties on Monday recommended a new board increasing the strength of members to 11 from the present eight.
Over the last one year, capital values rose by more than 30-35% in Gurgaon’s residential sector. Developers are now going slow on execution of real estate projects, resulting in a drop in supply of residential apartments in most prime markets. Emerging residential areas are still not able to meet the huge housing demand.
The rate at which economy is growing our urban centers shall add at least 100 million people by year 2020 merely on the account of urbanization. To provide housing to so many people India needs to invest a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. This is equivalent to 80 times our education budget allocation for year 2011-12.
“For the real estate and housing sector, this years’ budget has exceeded expectations given the pressure on fiscal situation. Most importantly, it has taken into account the crying need to focus on affordable housing sector by allowing ECB for low cost housing, road as well as construction. Withholding tax on ECBs for affordable housing has been reduced from 20% to 5% for 3 years and this move will help ease the liquidity in the sector.
Our reaction to Union Budget 2012-13 is mixed at best. It seems fair to state that the Indian real estate sector does not have much to cheer about.