DLF & HUDA to build 16-lane corridor to ease Gurgaon traffic woes
A 16-lane dedicated corridor in Gurgaon will link DLF’s Gateway Tower in Cyber City to the Golf Course Road, offering some relief from crumbling infrastructure in Delhi’s suburb.
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Top priority for affordable housing, Maharashtra CM tells developers
Acknowledging the developer community’s role in the economic growth of MMR in particular and Maharashtra in general, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan stressed that his government accords top priority to affordable housing.
DLF to end partnership with Salvatore Ferragamo to exit luxury brands business
Less than a fortnight after ending its joint venture with Giorgio Armani, DLF said it is in the process of breaking its partnership with another Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo as part of a move to exit luxury brands business.
Banks and institutional lenders overcautious with realty
In the coming months, the pressure will be to reduce debt-to-equity ratios. With so many developers in debt already, the industry is trying to come out of the situation and 2012 will not be much different. It won’t be easy and the developers are trying various routes. Selling of developed projects, vacant land is a route taken by many developers. Several developers are now providing attractive terms to PE funds to securing funding.
Parliamentary panel finds SEZs haven for realty prosperity
A Parliamentary panel has castigated the government for not establishing industries in almost half the SEZs set up since 2006 and giving the land to realtors, diverting fertile land of farmers.
Financial Stability Board recommends RICS Red Book for property valuation
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published the FSB Principles for Sound Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices that aim to provide a framework for different countries to set minimum acceptable loan underwriting standards so as to limit the risks that mortgage markets pose to financial stability and to better safeguard borrowers and investors.
Government a perpetuator of real estate price escalation
Sachin Sandhir: When the Government talks about affordable housing and expects the developers to do affordable housing, it is a misnomer because the Government is the first perpetuator of price escalation by auctioning the land to the highest bidder. Then to expect the developer to not make a profit of 50-60 per cent or whatever his expectation, is unrealistic.
DLF gains after Goldman Sachs upgrade
India’s largest real estate developer DLF Ltd rose 3.2 percent to 188.10 rupees after Goldman Sachs upgraded its rating on the stock to “buy” from “neutral” and raised its 12-month target price to 264 rupees from 252 rupees.
Home loan growth falls, bank credit growth at 17%
With interest rates remaining high and real estate prices rising further, the growth in housing loans declined to 12.1 per cent in fiscal 2011-12 from 15 per cent in the previous year. The growth rate in non-food bank credit was also down at 17 per cent during the year as compared with 20.6 per cent in the previous year, the Reserve Bank of India said.
Tata Housing’s La Montana the only Indian project to represent APAC at the International Property Awards, London
Tata Housing Development Co. Ltd., has bagged one of the most prestigious Asia Pacific Property Awards 2012 (part of the International Property Awards), 4th year in a row bagging five coveted awards under various categories.