Track2Realty Exclusive: Some believe with the current prediction of stability factor in the value of rupee will further lead to infusion of funds from NRIs. Ahmedabad is one of the fastest emerging and budding cities in India. The city is well-known for its vibrancy and its assertiveness towards the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Any commercial property with a rental value of Rs. 70-80 per square feet may be an ideal place to do business with. That, however, is not a reality in Gandhipuram of Coimbatore. Reason: the destination known as the commercial belly of Coimbatore was till recently offering the rental yields in the range of Rs. 30-40 per square feet. Critics even term the recent appreciation as not sustainable in commercial property rally in this micro market.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Professional facility management is a new way of thinking, and maybe one that will take some time for all parties to accommodate their working practices to but I firmly believe that we are asked to be on site for one simple reason – to improve the Quality of Life of those who are there.
Track2Realty: Puravankara Projects has announced the pre-launch of Purva Amaiti,a luxury property at the heart of the business district in Singanallur on Trichy Road.
Track2Realty Exclusive: Agreeing that it is time for fresh approach and marketing strategy, Anshuman Magazine, CMD of CBRE, South Asia says the recent policy moves from the RBI—vis-à-vis the rise in repo rate as well as the 20:80 scheme—are expected to further dampen investor sentiments in the upcoming festive season.
Track2Realty: Sentiment in the Indian occupier and investment real estate markets has been hit on account of deteriorating levels of growth in the economy, continuous fall in the rupee value, high retail inflation and subsequent rise in key policy rates, according to the RICS India Commercial Property Survey Q3 2013.
Track2Realty Exclusive: As a brand management professional, I am often asked as to which industry in India needs branding the most. Without any second thoughts, my answer is real estate. Prima facie that may sound very counterintuitive as real estate is after all a big advertising spender.
Track2Realty Exclusive: A McKinsey report to the Government of India on cost of approval had clearly pointed out that the costs incurred on account of various approvals could constitute anything up to 40 per cent of the sale value. Such is the enormity of the problem of approvals and that the challenge of negativity that we suffer from.
Track2Realty Exclusive: At a time when the critics of Mumbai real estate were busy with the conspiracy theory and prophets of doomsday were writing the obituary, with the report suggesting the city market sitting over 48 months of inventory lending credence to such conspiracy theory, there has been an under-current in the Mumbai property market where some of the smart developers were devising new strategies to beat the slowdown.
Track2Realty: India is among the top ten global markets to recorded the highest rental increase year on year as per the annual report ‘Main Streets across the World 2013’ by Cushman & Wakefield. Punjagutta in Hyderabad, recorded the 8th highest growth in retail rental values globally with an annual growth of 29% year–on- year.