Investment advice: stocks vs. realty vs. realty stocks
The Sensex has always been a barometer of the country’s general economic ‘mood’. The real estate index, on the other hand, is an indicator of the sentiments towards real estate developers.
The Sensex has always been a barometer of the country’s general economic ‘mood’. The real estate index, on the other hand, is an indicator of the sentiments towards real estate developers.
Germany-based home and kitchen modular furniture maker Hacker Kuchen GmbH is all set to enter into a MoU with DB Reality for supplying 900 kitchen modulars for various projects the real estate major is taking up in Mumbai.
Real estate developers across Gujarat have withdrawn stir as the government decided to give a 50% relief on increased jantri rates.
Demand for residential development will continue to remain unabated, but the requirement of real estate by retail industry over the next five years and even thereafter will provide a major thrust to the property market in India, said CB Richard Ellis’ global president Robert E Sulentic.
While the real estate market in India is far from satisfactory, a section of real estate developers are exploring opportunities in neighboring nations including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as the governments, seeking to boost economic growth, are providing incentives to develop infrastructure.
Unsold, vacant, no takers…these words aptly sum up the story for real estate developers into malls in India. Even though retailers are spreading their wings once again after the slowdown, the absorption of malls remains sluggish, leading to high vacancies.
While real-estate and property advertising in India has been mostly lacklustre, a new campaign by Mumbai-based realty developer Oberoi Realty has broken the mould.
Realty firms are making a beeline to private equity investors for money to repay mounting debt portfolios. With commercial banks turning cautious about lending to the real estate sector, industry players strapped for cash are seeking equity capital to ease the liquidity crunch.
The chargesheet has been filed by the CBI against former telecom minister A Raja in the 2G spectrum scam with the leading real estate company Unitech and two others being a party to the criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and corruption.
When the leading real estate company DLF sold 1250 flats within 2 hours of launch in 2009, there were many eyebrows raised. After all, in a market that was weathering crisis of confidence and liquidity it was hard to believe in the first place.