Tag: Real Estate Investments

Blackstone Plans to Purchase Express Tower

The PE giant Blackstone plans to buy Express Tower. The group’s Indian headquarters is in this commercial tower. Blackstone, having assets worth over $210 billion, is ranked as the largest private equity firm in the world. The group has investments in many countries including India.

Foreign Investment Will Be More In India: JLL Predicts

Leading global real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle predicts that India will have vast foreign investment. According to the global consultancy foreign investors are looking for a chance to enter Indian realty market. Indian realty market will have vast foreign investment, as big as $4-5 billion, predicts global real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang […]

For the NRI the Weak Rupee Makes Real Estate Investments Cheaper

Rupee has been depreciating and has positively influenced the demand from NRIs for residential properties in various cities across India, especially in Mumbai. The rupee has been touching new lows every day. Even today, the rupee touched 54.82 per dollar in early trades. Exporters and the NRIs are two categories which stand to gain from the weak […]

Real Estate Market Has Enomous Power

Indian real estate market could reach a value of $60 billion by 2010, and become an “enormous” economic power, a Middle East developer has said. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Majed, vice chairman of Tanmiyat Group, was speaking ahead of the firm’s participation at property show Cityscape India 2008. Tanmiyat is among a group of international […]

Real estate slump may pull prices by 20%

With a slump in the Indian real estate sector due to excessive credit crunch and demand slowdown, home buyers can expect a further correction in real estate prices in the range of 15% to 20% in next six months. There are several factors working against the Indian real estate sector that can bring about such […]

Eighth Indus India Property Exhibition Will Be Held In Doha

The eighth Indus India Property Exhibition will be held on 19 and 20 September at Giwana Ball room of the Ramada Plaza in Doha. The exhibition will display some of the leading names in the Indian real estate sector. Some of the foremost builders and housing finance institutions from India would be taking part in […]

Saffron Asset To Launch Three New Funds

Saffron Asset Advisors, a private equity player, is planning to launch three new funds in hospitality, logistics and infrastructure early on 2010. Ajoy Veer Kapoor, founder and managing director, Saffron Asset Advisors told FE, “We are planning a five hundred million dollar infrastructure fund, and will introduce two hundred million dollar hospitality and logistics funds. […]

Real Estate MFs And REITs Come Cheap

Seven years after the proposal was first mooted, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) came out with its draft guidelines for real estate mutual funds (MFs). This move has brought much joy and relief to the MF industry. Now, the industry is out to convince domestic investors that the move could not have […]