Track2Realty Exclusive: Industry experts assert if the neighbourhood does not have the supportive social infrastructure, the demand will be less compared to the well-developed areas. The number of houses remaining vacant in a project in the core areas of the city is less compared to those outside the city.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Analysts seem to agree with this premise that Ahmedabad has grown enormously over the past decade, due to ultra-progressive policies and intelligent development governance. The city is providing extraordinary and unprecedented returns on the real estate ROI, and has proven to be one of the most exciting investment destinations in India today. Still, it is not an investor driven market and end-users are very much active in the city market.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The steady growth of the Coimbatore property market even in the wake of the overall economic slowdown makes it a curious case for many analysts. It is convenient to say that the market of Coimbatore real estate is by and large end-user driven and hence a realistic market to sustain the effects of slowdown.
Track2Realty Exclusive: In the beginning of the year 2013 when the property market in Ahmedabad was softening a bit in select pockets, the prophets of doomsday had a free run. Many of them were prophetic to write off the city’s real estate market as simply unaffordable and unsustainable, notwithstanding the fact that the correction in the city real estate prices has been relatively moderate as compared to other cities with similar trends in property market when the sentiments were at peak.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Some of the developers believe that being a responsible corporate entity CSR forms a very important aspect of their day to day functioning. For example, Kamal Khetan, CMD, Sunteck Realty says they have formed Sunteck Foundation that is a dedicated entity which under its umbrella supports various initiatives that lead to social betterment.
Track2Realty Exclusive: As the country faces problems over land acquisition, events around the issue have been tarnishing the image of India’s built environment. Across sectors — real estate, infrastructure and construction events have not been conducive enough to create a good environment for investments. In addition, fragmentation and irregularities within the market, instances of fly-by-night-operators duping the consumers, an absence of regulation over transactions and developers have given a bad name to the environment.
Track2Realty: Cushman and Wakefield has been appointed as exclusive marketing partners by Equinox Realty, the real estate arm of Essar Group, for Villas In The Sky range of apartments at Water’s Edge in Hebbal, Bangalore. These super premium homes christened ‘Villas In The Sky’ are luxury four bedroom apartments with study that come with exclusive features such as a private elevator, lap pool and Jacuzzi, raising the luxury quotient.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The festivities around Navratra and Diwali are known to cheer up the sentiments of the property market. Reflection is always seen both in terms of upbeat mood of developers, as more launches are planned around this time, and the home buyers, as most of the bookings take place during this time.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a new concept in the Indian real estate and companies are going through the learning curve. Some are adopting it with greater amount of conviction, while for others it is an emerging necessary evil.
Track2Realty Exclusive: When it comes to the esteemed idea of real estate, industry stalwarts can boast that in this country, real estate can match up to any investment. As an investor though, you would require a little more convincing. So what should you look at? The answer stems to a more personal equation between liquidity, appreciation, other income, and probable growth.