Track2Realty-Agencies: Reliance Communications will spin off its real estate business into a separately listed unit, a move the country’s third largest mobile phone carrier by customers said was to focus on its core business.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Green building is something that is being over marketed in the Indian real estate. However, while the serious developers have realized its benefits, including fast return on investments, consumers’ literacy on the benefits of paying extra for long term low-maintenance is relatively low.
Track2Realty-Agencies: The real estate regulatory bill that seeks to bring transparency and accountability in the realty sector will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament, a top government official said on Saturday, July 6.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Social activist Medha Patkar has rather questioned the need of SEZs and acquisition of such huge tracts of land. Referring SEZs as “pervert corporate projects” Patkar points out that the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) had about 80,000 acres of unutilised land – information unearthed through the Right to Information Act.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Several factors such as multinational entrepreneurship, robust capital markets, strong economic fundamentals and changing demographics have collectively resulted in India finding its place on the world map.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Many within the sector admit it is more often the case of lacking USP of the project added with the faulty communication and branding. This is being compensated by frivolous features which may bring the footfall but hardly translates into buying.
Track2Realty: Ashiana Housing has launched its largest township project “Ashiana Town” in Thara, Bhiwadi. The project has got ‘Non-Residential’ clearance under section 90A of Rajasthan Land Revenue Act in February 2013.
Track2Realty: To strengthen long-term competitiveness and deliver a stronger and more differentiated client servicing experience, DTZ has announced a new company structure for its real estate business operations in India.
Track2Realty Exclusive: The problem remains that many SEZs are seen as real estate scams. Lack of clarity on the country’s land acquisition policy is also a major stumbling block for SEZ projects. EAS Sarma, former Secretary to the Government of India has alleged that most of the SEZs in the country have become real estate ventures lined to money laundering.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Catering to the rapidly urbanizing consumers and emerging economies will hit the demand pressure for natural and capital resources. In cities, one billion people will enter the global “consuming class” by 2025, with incomes high enough to become significant consumers of goods and services.