Rate hike adds to debt burden of real estate companies
Continuous rise in interest rates by the banks is dampening the effort of the real estate companies to reduce debt by selling non-core assets.
Continuous rise in interest rates by the banks is dampening the effort of the real estate companies to reduce debt by selling non-core assets.
While the real estate carries home the point that the very nature of business has gone for a change with second generation taking over the business, professionals driving the show and efforts for an overall image makeover.
Residential prices in Asia continue to increase, contrary to the pattern elsewhere, according to the Global House Price Index for the second quarter of 2011 by property consultant Knight Frank.
‘Winning the decade,’ is the focal theme of the fourth edition of GIREM, Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management, the flagship urban development and real estate conference to be held at The Zuri White Sands, Goa.
Global consultancy firm McKinsey has recommended moving Indian household savings in physical assets like gold and real estate to financial assets to increase the flow of financial savings to domestic equity markets.
A large number of people in Pune have been showing keen interest in booking their properties through an online mode.
The India Apartment Index rose 3% during April-June 2011 quarter compared to the previous quarter, the “PropIndex, the India Apartment Index”, launched by Magicbricks.com, rated as India’s No. 1 property portal showed.
Impresario Entertainment and Hospitality Pvt Ltd, the Mumbai-headquartered company which runs a chain of fine-dining restaurants, has raised Rs.48 crore or $10.5 million from strategic investor Mirah Hospitality and Food Solutions Pvt Ltd.
India’s ASK Property Investment Advisors aims to raise a Rs.10-billion ($219 million) fund by December in a bet on the long-term case for property in Asia’s third-largest economy, said a top official.
US-based real estate developer Alexandria’s Indian arm — Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc is planning to invest around Rs.500 crore to develop a biotechnology park in Bangalore.