Global housing market downturn gathering pace
The world’s housing downturn is gathering momentum, according to the latest world-wide survey of house price indices prepared by the Global Property Guide.
The world’s housing downturn is gathering momentum, according to the latest world-wide survey of house price indices prepared by the Global Property Guide.
Mumbai continues to be the costliest property market in India but the sales graph show this value has started taking its toll on the volume. Property registration in India’s biggest real estate market continued its slide and in September recorded a 29-month low at 4,137, down 22 per cent year-on-year.
Peninsula Land and Canada based Brookfield Asset Management have formed a 50:50 JV to launch a real estate fund for investments in India.
CREDAI has opposed the proposed Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R&R) Bill, and said with proposed R&R to the farmers the construction industry would become an unviable proposition.
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”.
The festivities around Navratra and Diwali are known to cheer up the sentiments of the property market.
The Government has asked private real estate developers to participate in creating affordable housing stock and help in making India slum-free.
Property registration in India’s biggest real estate market Mumbai continued its slide in August and touched a twenty-seven month low.
The repo rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by 25 bps seems to have spoiled the festive spirit of the real estate sector.
Billionaire Sam Zell said he is entering the real estate markets in Colombia and India in the next two weeks as he continues to favor international investments over U.S. property deals.