Tag Archives: India

Real Estate Growth Impacted Due To High Interest Rates

Leading home loan lender ICICI Bank said that growth in the real estate sector has been impacted due to high interest rates and prices but maintained that there was no asset bubble in the sector.
ICICI Bank Joint Managing Director Chanda Kochhar said, “Clearly there is a slowdown in the number of deals …interest rates have [...]

EIB’s 2nd Fund To Focus On Indian realty

Emirates Islamic Bank (EIB), a leading Islamic financial institution in the region, plans to launch a 2nd fund focused on the Indian real estate market following the doing well closing of its Danat India RIA Fund, the bank said on 3rd june.
The bank said the new fund will add to a growing portfolio of funds [...]

India Loses Top Retail Position To Vietnam

After being three years on the top, India has finally lost its position as the most preferred destination among upcoming markets for retail investment, according to the 7th annual global retail development index (GRDI) by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
The GRDI ranks countries among the thirty emerging markets on the basis of their retail investment [...]

Will Property Price Come Down In The Near Future?

Many expect a further correction in home prices in India. Since the volumes of property transactions are going down, hence the asking price for property will also go down. Additionally, over-supply of property is posing as a major reason for the slow down in Real Estate prices.Recent media reports have also suggested the same trend. [...]

BPTP Land Deal In Trouble

Well popular land deal, BPTP, might be in trouble. According to top officials in the Noida administration as well as the real estate industry, the Delhi-based real estate firm BPTP is finding it extremely difficult to raise funds for buying the land.

Indiabulls gets court permission to buy Dev Property

Indiabulls Real Estate said the Justice of High Court of the Isle of Man in England has sanctioned the proposal to acquire 100% shares of Dev Development Property (DPD).
Finalization of the acquisition shall be competed by issue of fresh 13.8 crore shares of DPD and by canceling the old shares, it informed the stock exchanges.
Dev [...]

Puravankara Projects board recommends 40% final dividend

The board of directors of Puravankara Projects has recommended a final dividend of forty percent, or two rupees share on equity share of five rupees each for the recent year. The payment is subject to the sanction of the shareholders at the yearly general meeting.

Realty Space To Gain From Real Estate MFs

The Indian real estate sector, currently facing strong headwind due to the credit turmoil as well as high inflation, is set to get a breather from the market regulator SEBI’s move to allow Real Estate Mutual Funds, says global consultancy giant KPMG.
Mr. Jai Mayani, KPMG’s Executive Director and real estate head in India, said, “Real [...]

Babcock Forms India Team, Eyes $2 Billion Assets

Australia investment bank manager Babcock & Brown hopes to invest in $2 billion of Indian property and infrastructure assets within three years and has poached nine investment bankers from ABN AMRO for the task.
Mr. Jaginder Singh Pasricha, executive director for business development in India, told Reuters the infrastructure specialists he pinched from the Dutch bank [...]

Real Estate Developers looking for advanced technology to reduce the cost

Mumbai, Apr 28 Real estate developers in India are planning alternative measures to reduce costs of construction by around 15 to 20% owing to the current hike in raw material inputs costs for construction, particularly, cement. Red Fort Capital, in association with Nagarjuna Constructions and DLF, has replaced the use of cement in residential and [...]