Lessons learnt and road ahead in 2012
Year 2011 was a challenging year for the Indian real estate sector. It was a year which brought to the mainstream need for policy level changes.
Year 2011 was a challenging year for the Indian real estate sector. It was a year which brought to the mainstream need for policy level changes.
It may be momentary down because of rising interest rate, macro economic hue, affordability issues borne out of demand-supply mismatch and overall market sentiments, but forecast for the residential real estate is definitely robust.
DLF now extends its footprints further by launching a plotted development, Hyde Park Estate at DLF New Chandigarh and Park Place, a luxury apartment complex in Jalandhar.
Lodha Developers have appointed the yoo design brand under the Creative Direction of Philippe Starck, to design a new residential development at New Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.
The year 2011 can best be described as a lackluster year for Indian real estate sector. There were several headwinds that prevented the sector from delivering to its full potential.
Forget Mumbai which has been in the news for record dip in the property transactions. It is the Delhi-NCR that tops the list for unsold homes.
Amrapali Group is negotiating to raise about Rs.220 crore from private equity (PE) firms to fund the construction of two of its large residential projects in Noida.
Through the course of 2010, the realty sector evened out into a level playing field, with enough traction in the market to hold investor interest, with several on-going projects being delivered and others being launched.
Emaar Properties has used Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping centres, as collateral to secure Dh3.6 billion (US$980 million) of financing from a trio of UAE banks.
Though a depreciating rupee has its fall out on all other economic activity, it is rather helping the Indian property market.