Acid test for realty in DLF-CCI spat
As the realty major DLF moves the Compat to challenge the CCI penalty of Rs.630 crore, the real estate sector will soon get an answer as to whether their business falls under the service sector.
As the realty major DLF moves the Compat to challenge the CCI penalty of Rs.630 crore, the real estate sector will soon get an answer as to whether their business falls under the service sector.
The Andhra Pradesh Government will take all steps to ensure that Hyderabad’s real estate industry bounces back to normalcy soon, said Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.
The real estate sector has expressed guarded optimism on Supreme Court ruling that terms as “illegal” any sale of immoveable property through power of attorney (POA) unless the case is “genuine”.
Private equity fund Fire Capital’s promoter has tied up with a clutch of US-based realty firms to form a new company that plans to invest Rs.6,000 crore in the next four years on developing 32,000 homes across the country.
The level of FDI in the real estate sector is unlikely to show a quantum jump this year, courtesy a slow GDP growth rate, high debt levels of the real estate developers, labour shortage and economic crisis in the US and Europe.
The current global scenario might be one of gloom, with markets in the US and in Europe on the brink of a double dip recession, but interest in Indian real estate is still high among global investors
The festivities around Navratra and Diwali are known to cheer up the sentiments of the property market.
While many of the Indian cities are reeling under the apprehension of slowdown with sales nosediving, Pune real estate has defied any such apprehensions.
DTZ Research estimates that US$316bn of capital will be available to invest in global real estate in 2012, a 4 per cent decrease on its previous estimate at the end of 2010.
The Government has asked private real estate developers to participate in creating affordable housing stock and help in making India slum-free.