Realty at the bottom of the pyramid
While everybody, including the Finance Minister seems to be focussing on the affordable housing, the definition of the real estate at the bottom of the pyramid seems to be changing.
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IL&FS & Rural Development Ministry’s largesse to DB Realty
At a time when investigations into the “mother of all scams” the 2G spectrum allocation scam allegedly by former telecom minister A Raja and owners of some telecom firms are in full swing and the Apex Court is monitoring the investigations, it has come to light that the Rural Development Ministry has been awarding projects to a major infrastructure and finance company, IL&FS which had invested in the scam tainted DB Realty.
South Mumbai property goes northwards in demand
When a property dealer suggested Kartik Shah to set up his office at Navi Mumbai, instead of South Mumbai market, it seemed to be a sound business sense.
SEBI meets Sahara in Court on May 17 now
The Sahara-Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) legal battle seems to be heading to a verdict now.
RBI penalizes Manipal Co-operative Bank for favouring realty
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rupees five lakh on Manipal Co-operative Bank Ltd., Manipal, Karnataka for violating RBI directives by granting loans for real estate purpose exceeding the single party exposure limit of 15 per cent of its capital funds.
SEBI refuses Emaar MGF IPO
Real estate developer Emaar MGF Land’s third attempt to raise Rs 1,600 crore through an initial share sale offer has hit a regulatory hurdle.
Kamal Nath promises less clearance hurdle for realtors
Union minister for urban development Kamal Nath on Thursday said the number of approvals a developer has to get will have to be cut down for faster and more efficient property development in the country.
Minister admits government missed real estate growth opportunities
Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath admitted today that “the government has not responded to the tremendous growth in the real estate sector in the last one decade appropriately”.
Macquarie says realty stocks will rebound in two years
India’s real estate stocks have attractive valuations after plunging 83% from their peak and are likely to rebound within two years, according to Macquarie Group.
CB Richard Ellis reports $1.2 billion revenue in quarterly results
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., the commercial real estate services company has reported first quarter 2011 revenues of $1.2 billion compared with $1.0 billion in the year-earlier quarter, reflecting an increase of 16%.