Realty firm Sahana Group to launch two news channels
Track2Realty-Agencies: Sudhakar Shetty-promoted real estate company Sahana Group is set to foray into television media segment with two news channels.
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Challenges surround reforms and facelift of Indian realty
Track2Realty Exclusive: The Indian real estate today stands at a crossroad where it seems the government is confused, the developer is confused, the financer is confused and the buyer is confused. They all seem to be in a wait and watch mode but not sure as to waiting for what. While the government is sitting over two crucial bills that has far reaching implications on the future of Indian real estate, reforms and regulation means different things to different stake holders. With a tectonic shift expected this year, all the stake holders are evaluating their own cost-benefit.
Track2Realty Roundtable—Looking In and Looking Ahead-IV
Ravi Sinha: All said and done, land acquisition bill is going to be a reality. What are the issues that make you so critical of it? Is it just the fresh cost of acquisition?
DTZ-Track2Realty study on commercial real estate-III
Track2Realty Exclusive: West Zone Analysis–The cumulative take-up levels recorded between Q1-Q3 2012 in Mumbai and Pune were the lowest when measured up against transaction activity recorded during similar time frame since 2009. In Mumbai, the first three quarters of 2012 witnessed a total take-up of 2.4 million sq ft which was approximately 44% lower when compared to 2011. Similarly, transaction activity registered in Pune were in 2012 were down by 36% during the same time frame.
Track2Realty Roundtable—Looking In and Looking Ahead-III
Ravi Sinha: The point here is how feasible are the wishful thoughts of the sector in 2013?
Sunil Dahiya: The commercial essence of our product has been taken out. Now the consumer is saying let me wait for something, and he is waiting in eternity for something better to come. What he is waiting for, we also don’t know. So, the consumer has been loaded with confusion, and we are loaded with a product which is dead.
Scope of real estate in Delhi-NCR
Track2Realty Exclusive: Most of the development in the NCR has occurred in the vicinity of the commercial hubs. In the Gurgaon micro market, developers have shifted their focus to the Dwarka Expressway, also called the Northern Peripheral Road. The forthcoming expressway will provide a convenient alternative link between Delhi and Gurgaon.
SARE Homes appoints Pravin Kumar Jain as Director- Sales & Marketing
Track2Realty: SARE Homes has appointed Parvin Kumar Jain as Director-…
Transparency and realty reforms challenging yet possible
Track2Realty Exclusive: Reforms as the very philosophy of a sector demands that all stake holders agree to function in a transparent manner. With the growth of real estate over the last decade, while it is heartening to note that both the developers and the government have realised the importance of transparency in the sector, there are still challenges galore.
Track2Realty Roundtable—Looking In and Looking Ahead-II
Ravi Sinha: I think Mr Tripathi has a very valid point that the CCI has emerged. You have also seen the wrong side of consumer activism in a Noida Extension kind of a situation. When we think of reforms, government is looking for a regulator and a whole lot of sector’s wish list has not gone down well with the government. Do you think that the sector will move ahead with some sort of reforms in the year ahead?
DLF drops on weak Q3 operational results
Track2Realty: DLF lost 2.85% to Rs 246.70 at 11:09 IST on BSE after the company after market hours on Thursday, 14 February 2013, reported weak Q3 December 2012 results at operational level.