Property Prices
Indian Property Market Takes A Small Step Out of the Shadows
Written by Jayanta Monday, 30 June 2014
( 0 Votes )Few that have bought or even rented real estate in India would be surprised by a recent survey showing the property market here can be maddeningly murky. Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index showed that while things have improved, Indian cities still have to work on transparency. The Chicago-based real-estate consultant said I...Read more... Add new comment
Its raining investments in real estate sector
Written by Jayanta Friday, 13 June 2014
( 0 Votes )Investment in the real estate sector in January-March, 2014, has more than doubled to $800 from the previous quarter of only $317 million, mainly driven by corporate land sales. Around $597 million was invested in the sector a year ago. More platform deals and equity stake acquisitions can be expected. “Although India is not yet a significant p...Government likely to grant infrastructure tag to low-cost housing segment
Written by Jayanta Wednesday, 28 May 2014
( 1 Vote )NEW DELHI: Low-cost housing, which found several mentions in BJP’s 2014 election manifesto, is likely to get infrastructure status, making it easier for real-estate developers to get finance from banks and for longer tenures, and eventually increasing the supply of houses. While developers are in favour of an infrastructure tag to the...Affluent Indians over-invest in property
Written by Jayanta Tuesday, 27 May 2014
( 0 Votes )Desi billionaires hold 44 per cent of their wealth in property, while the global average is 24 per cent. From Africa to America, the rich world-over have their wealth where their heart is — in their homes. Nearly a third of the wealth held by the super-rich (those with over $30 million of assets) in Europe is locked in real estate assets worth $...Realty hopes for infrastructure status, lower rates
Written by Jayanta Tuesday, 27 May 2014
( 0 Votes )The real estate and property development industry, hurting from the slowdown in the country’s economic growth, is hoping for lower interest rates and grant of infrastructure industry status to enable developers to access cheaper finance. The industry is hoping that a stable government acting decisively would help not only to revive economic g...
