Mahindra group to foray into low-cost housing
Budget housing is fast becoming big business with more and more real estate companies trying to please the masses with pocket-friendly offerings.
Budget housing is fast becoming big business with more and more real estate companies trying to please the masses with pocket-friendly offerings.
“Reduction in taxes and flexibility in approval process will provide affordable homes to the masses. If these two elements are addressed by the government, selling price of the homes will be reduced by at least 33%,” said Lalit Kumar Jain, President of CREDAI.
A growing number of investors from India are showing interest in Dubai as they look to capitalize on 60 per cent savings per square foot in the Dubai property market, a Dubai-based real estate company has said.
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India, the apex body of private real estate developers, said Wednesday that it would make the code of conduct mandatory for all its members.
When 80 years old Ramakant Apte in California read what filmmaker Karan Johar said about his birthplace Bandra as the new heart of the city, he got so nostalgic that India visit in general and moving around his good old queen of suburbs in particular was his wish list number one.
Indian buyers usually pay for apartments before construction has been completed. Many buyers do not take out mortgage loans (the ratio of housing loans to GDP is less than 5% in India).
Corporate confidence is boosting activity in top tier office markets around the world, leading to accelerating early cycle rental growth and robust capital value growth in prime assets, especially where new quality supply is limited, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s inaugural, quarterly Global Office Outlook report.
Indian house prices rose rapidly from 2002 to 2007. Strong economic growth and urbanization supported house prices, while in city centres a housing bubble was encouraged by inadequate infrastructure, lack of planning and antiquated land use laws.
Interest rate rises are beginning to bite in India, and housing markets in major cities weakened in 2010, says a report by the Global Property Guide.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has said there is a need to improve the infrastructure and increase in flow of capital in the housing segment, given the increase in the land prices.