Track2Realty: The home buyers expect real estate prices to rise over the next six month, says the Housing Sentiment Index (IIMB-MB-HSI) by IIM Bangalore and Magicbricks. It forecasts the trend across 9 of the 10 cities surveyed.
Track2Realty Exclusive: It is strange paradox of economics that property prices keep on moving up despite the sluggish market economy and demand. Various research agencies in recent years have reported about the amount of unsold stock lying with the developers and how it has increased over the last quarter or year. This gives hope to the end users that prices might come down to reasonable level.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The imprint in the minds of collective consciousness is about affordable market when it comes to Noida; the reality is increasingly getting different from perception. It is no more about affordable housing that defines Noida, nor is it about small industrial clusters; the multinationals and other big ticket corporate houses are increasingly rewriting the market dynamics of Noida.
Track2Realty Exclusive: It was only a few years back that when a couple of high-end luxury projects were launched in Pune analysts were busy with the cost-benefit analysis of the splurge in the market. The rising interest of NRIs, HNIs and even global realty baron soon made everyone realise that Pune has already made its presence on the luxury landscape of India.
Track2Realty: Poddar Developers Ltd has released outstanding Unaudited Financial Results for the Quarter ended June 30, 2014. Net profit of Poddar Developers rose to Rs 10.20 crore in the quarter ended June 2014 as against Rs 2.94 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2013.
Track2Realty: Godrej Properties has launched a township Godrej Gold County (GGC) at Tumkur Road, Bengaluru. Spread over approximately 1.6 acres, there will be only 22 exclusive town homes on offer. There will also be 87 villas in a natural setting.
Track2Realty: According to recent CBRE report—How Global is the Business of Retail?—new trends identified in the global retail market saw retailers focusing on larger markets in 2013, with 83% of the survey cities witnessing at least one new entrant in the year (compared to 81% in 2012), while the top target markets saw a 28% rise in new entrants.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Real estate development along highways and expressways is an established reality of India’s urban growth, yet a few have been trend setters. These are the territories which have been investment magnet much before being fully developed. National Highway 24, popularly known as NH 24 that connects the national capital Delhi to Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow running 438 kilo meter in length is one such highway which is being seen as the new growth corridor of north India in general and Delhi-NCR in particular.
Track2Realty: The IT/ITeS sector continues to be a dominant growth driver for Bangalore, and some areas stand out from the rest as far as the impact of this sector is concerned. Whitefield in the eastern part of Bangalore is one such area. Whitefield was an early settlement in Bangalore and remained a quaint little suburb till the 2000s, when Bangalore’s IT boom reshaped Whitefield into a major suburb.
Track2Realty: The Grade A commercial office market in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) attracted an increase in demand for office space, with rental values rising across select established micro-markets during the quarter ended June 2014.