Track2Realty: DLF Limited recorded consolidated revenues of Rs 2,225 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of 9% from Rs 2,453 crore in Q1 FY14. EBIDTA stood at Rs 863 crore, decrease of 18% as compared to Rs 1,055 crore in the Q1FY14. Net profit stood at Rs 100 crore, a decrease of 45% compared to Rs 181 crore in Q1FY14. The non-annualized EPS for the quarter was Rs 0.56.
Track2Realty: Thapar Builders have launched their new residential project, Arthah, the first 26-storey residential complex in Vaishali at Ghaziabad. Arthah has been designed by architectural firm, Morphogenesis and it is close to the Vaishali Metro Station.
Track2Realty: The announcement by the markets regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to introduce a separate regulatory framework under the proposed draft SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2013 has brought cheers to the real estate sector. And if implemented, REITs can bring back the growth to the sector, said industry experts, who gathered at the RICS Real Estate Conference 2013 – Regaining Business Confidence. The conference was organized on 25thOctober 2013 in Mumbai.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Firstly, building on the company’s strong experience in the realty segment and the pioneering vision of creating new benchmarks for an aspirational lifestyle, we identified market value preposition in the two sectors.
Track2Realty: Office markets in India registered a downward trend in overall net absorption for the first three quarters of 2013, as per the latest report released by global real estate consultants, Cushman & Wakefield.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Real estate in search of the twin objectives of sales and brand promotions has, of late, learnt that there is no better mechanism to achieve the both than property exhibitions. It brings many buyers & multiple sellers on board to showcase what is available in the given market.
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: Less than 3 million sq.ft of office space entered India’s prime real estate market in the quarter ending September 2013—dropping by more than 75% q-o-q over last quarter’s 10 million sq.ft of fresh office space supply; and by nearly 50% over the same period last year.
Track2Realty: SARE Homes has launched its new project ‘Club Terraces’ in Sector 92, Gurgaon. The developer plans to develop this iconic 19-storey tower that will overlook the SARE club, which will be the largest and finest club in Gurgaon, set amidst 7 acres of land.
Track2Realty Exclusive: I won’t blame the marketing or the branding team in such a set-up where the defined role of corporate communication is very clear—advertising specialist is one who can negotiate the best rate with the media or the ad agencies, PR guy is one who can get them in column-centimetre of print and soundbytes of television studio and others are good for their dealing with the vendors to deliver brochure and other marketing kit on time. Any extra grey cell and one is a misfit in the company and liability for the management.