Real estate Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday
Track2Realty: The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill was finally tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Aug 14, by Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Girija Vyas.
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SARE Homes launches ready-to-move-in apartments in Chennai
Track2Realty: SARE Homes has launched ready-to-move-in apartments called “Dewy Terraces” in its residential township called SARE Crescent ParC located on the OMR road in Chennai.
Sex as a real(ty) brand catalyst-II
Track2Realty Exclusive: There is also the question of whether sex actually is effective as ads with a little less skin and a little more elegance. While sex sells the same things that other images of wealth and control do, it triggers a lot more reaction, both positive and negative.
RICS India Construction Survey Q2 2013 finds increased workload despite skills shortage
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Misleading buyers a global realty phenomenon?
Track2Realty Exclusive: It seems misleading realty advertisements and promotions are not just Indian market specific but a global trend. While the Indian developers are being asked to stop misleading ads, misleading news with realty/marketing companies’ employees as potential buyers has been reported in other parts of the world.
What deters US investment in Indian realty
Track2Realty Exclusive: Why the US investors are shying away from investing in India? Primarily, it is the fear of change in policy as they had experienced in the past. Lack of significant growth is also another factor that is working against their investment in the Indian realty stocks.
Real estate can double its share in GDP to 13% by 2025: CBRE
Track2Realty-Agencies: The realty sector can more than double its contribution to GDP to 13 per cent by 2025 on rising housing demand, if the government removes bottlenecks in infrastructure, lowers borrowing cost and makes process of approvals shorter, global property consultant CBRE said.
Sex as a real(ty) brand catalyst-I
Track2Realty Exclusive: Call it controversial, blame it to be provocative or just dismiss it against the ethos of prudish Indian culture, but sex has been the tried and tested mantra of selling in advertising. Real estate the world over has courted this formula not just with sexually inducive advertising but as a holistic mantra of marketing, even when the campaign has attracted widespread criticism.
Curbing creative liberty to facelift real estate-II
Track2Realty Exclusive: That small builders and fly-by-night operators in the business are the reason why the government is so concerned with the misleading advertisements. Often they advertise the project launch without even getting the mandatory license and in some cases home seekers hard earned money is lost.
Realty bill not comprehensive and holistic
Track2Realty Exclusive: In India the regulation bill has been contemplated for a few years, but it is only now being actively pursued through multiple rounds of industry consultation. As a tool to drive this initiative, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA), has drafted a regulation bill laying down the necessary provisions to set up a regulatory body, defining its powers and functions, responsibilities of the developers and penalties for violations and RICS appreciates the initiative to further improve upon and facilitate a smoother introduction of the regulatory authority within the purview of the revised regulation bill.