Track2Realty: The newly elected leadership of realtors apex body CREDAI has embarked on a multi-pronged agenda to work closely with the various governments with focus on affordable housing, green buildings and water harvesting and skill development among construction workers.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Consultancy firm DTZ India believes with abundant quality supply scheduled in next 2-3 years and fast paced development of infrastructure, Golf Course Extension Road in Gurgaon and Greater Noida Expressway are the emerging markets for office space.
Track2Realty: India was ranked 20th among the top 20 real estate investment markets globally with investment volume of Rs 19,000 crore recorded in 2012.
Track2Realty Exclusive: With the number of approval-oriented steps adding up to more than 50, the process can stretch over a year and a half to two years. A system that is so obviously fraught with hurdles and red tape will naturally deter potential builders of integrity.
Track2Realty Exclusive: A marginal rate cut/hike time again evokes reactions across the industries and the blame game continues where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) defends its balancing act of controlling inflation and the industry captains slam its short term outlook of stop gap arrangement.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Rohtas Goel, CMD of Omaxe agrees that the repositioning is more realistic now, mainly due to the fact that the real estate in the region is more buyer-driven now. The change in market dynamics has similarly altered the demand scenario and developers have begun to take cognizance of the same.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Compared to other countries in Asia, India still lags behind on the transparency parameter. But we are increasingly scaling up with the data availability for the retail and residential sectors improving across all tiers led by the fast-paced development of the residential sector and modern retail formats.
Track2Realty: Heralding the entry of super specialty Nova Hospital into Pune, Kumar Urban development Limited (KUL) has signed an agreement with the former for a Build-to-Suit (BTS) project.
Track2Realty Exclusive: “Revival is too strong a statement in today’s market,” says Anshuman Magazine, CMD of CBRE South Asia, adding that any upward movement is a healthy sign when it was expected to be stagnant not very long ago. The assessment of Magazine may be a generic overview of the realty market across the country, but when it comes to the Delhi-NCR real estate, it sounds like at prophetic statement.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Analysis of West Zone (Mumbai)
The retail landscape across the western zone of the country has remained active through 2012. The sector performance was characterized by buoyant leasing activity from both Indian and international brands. As a result, in addition to expansion of Indian brands, many international retailers also set up their new outlets in the city. Moreover, the recent policy reforms, allowing FDI in multi-brand retail has improved overall sentiments in the sector.