Track2Realty-Agencies: Developers are hopeful of clearing a large portion of their inventory pile-up during this festive season by luring in buyers with freebies and discounts, even as they sit tight on declared prices, said industry experts.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Media creates perception in the collective consciousness that realty debts are a cause of concern. It is generally assumed that a debt-ridden company is not the right one to invest. However, business cycle of some of these over leveraged companies is not just better than peers, but also high in terms of brand equity. Track2Realty finds that over projected magnitude of realty debt may or may not be a reality.
Track2Realty: Real estate has expressed disappointment over the decision to hike key policy rate by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The developers and analysts say this would lead to increase in finance cost and also affect housing demand during the festive season.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Wave of change in Indian real estate was visible in 2007. Suddenly, it seemed like real estate would fulfill its destiny as the sunrise sector of the country. Billion dollar projections; international funding companies eyeing a piece of the Indian real estate pie; talk of international best practices in the industry; international firms in the real estate and allied industries’ space entering the Indian market; this year changed the sector in several far reaching ways.
Track2Realty Exclusive: A Crisil Research report maintains that absorption of new residential units across six key cities is likely to increase at a compounded annual growth rate of 7 per cent in the next two years, with Mumbai registering the highest CAGR of 14 per cent in the next two years due to huge pent-up demand. Meanwhile, the Bangalore realty market is likely to see a stable rise in sales with firms such as Sobha Developers Ltd and Prestige Estates Ltd benefiting.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Many such mothers as real estate professionals feel that the real estate sector with its steel, concrete, bricks and mortar requires not only aggression, power, dominance and vigour but it also involves a lot of site related work, travelling and people involved deal with the inherent malice in the industry.
Track2Realty Exclusive: First influencers, then catalysts and now storming into what can be conveniently called last male bastion—Real Estate. Indian women have indeed come a long way to prove that a challenging job of realty business is not a taboo for them. Even some of the mothers have excelled in real estate along with the family responsibilities and upbringing of the children. Track2Realty takes a few of such Case Studies.
Track2Realty Exclusive: I remember when I left Education Times in 2006, to take over Property Plus Central, Times of India Mumbai’s area centric real estate supplement, circulated in the central suburbs of the city, as its editor. Everyone I knew was convinced I had committed career hara-kiri.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Many luxury brands have a rich pedigree, seventh P of branding, and extraordinary history that become an inseparable part of the brand story. The mystique and the legend is generally built around the exceptional emotive founder character of past.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Government of India envisages one trillion dollar investment in all areas of infrastructure in the 12th five year plan (year 2012 to 2017). The Government wants fifty percent of this investment to come from the private sector participation and most of these projects are expected to utilize the Private – Public partnership (PPP) model.