While the real estate industry bodies, both CREDAI and NAREDCO, have approached the CCI alleging cement cartels hoarding to inflate prices, a CRISIL report says India’s cement demand has grown at a slow pace of 3% during April-October 2011.
Steady rise in the price of construction material, like cement, steel, bricks, coupled with a shortage of skilled labourers, has hit the realty sector in Gujarat, an office-bearer of state-CREDAI said.
Crazeal, the India unit of group buying site Groupon has partnered with real estate developer RCL Homes to offer discount on purchase of a property in Karjat in Maharashtra.
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Puravankara is eyeing the overseas market for expansion. The company’s maiden project in a foreign soil is coming up in Sri Lanka.
Mumbai-based Panchshil Realty has entered into an MoU with Korean company Hanmi Global Co Ltd for a business arrangement by which both parties would jointly pursue and perform consultancy services for project management.
Zandu Realty has struck a deal with Sheth Developers to rebuild erstwhile herbal healthcare firm Zandu Pharmaceutical Works’ headquarters in Mumbai’s Dadar neighbourhood into a 2.7-acre commercial complex.
Pragnya Advisors, the private equity (PE) fund focussed on real estate, has entered into two deals in Colombo and Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh for an investment of $100 million second fund.
Diversified Indian conglomerate Piramal Group plans to lend up to $193 million to real estate projects in the current fiscal year to March as it focuses on building its newly launched financial arm, its Chairman said.
The draft Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2011, aims at bringing reforms in the unorganised Indian real estate sector.