Monthly Archives: May 2013

Salman Khan Prefers Living In Apartments

Salman Khan is said to prefer living in apartments to living in bungalows. He lives in Gateway Apartment and not in any bungalows.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is living in a luxury filled apartment called Gateway Apartment. This may be the reason why he is said to have no craze for residences and bungalows.

Gateway Apartment is located very close to Mannat, the bungalow of Shahrukh Khan. Though it is an apartment, the facilities and amenities are found in abundance. In fact they are giving a royal look to this apartment, located in Bandra area. Read More »

IIFL To Raise Two New PE Funds to Invest in Realty

Aiming to invest in the real estate sector, India Infoline Ltd (IIFL) plans to raise two new funds. The group is on the verge to close its first two funds.

Private equity funds are considered as very keen to the real estate developers now. They are approaching PE firms for funding their projects. Builders always welcome all such funds. India Infoline Ltd.’s (IIFL) decision to raise two new funds also is welcomed by the developers. Read More »

JLL appointed to monetize realty assets of Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) for monetizing its realty assets in India. The global tour provider agency aims to cut short its debts through monetizing its assets.

Mounting debts has prompted Thomas Cook to monetize its real estate properties in India. The global tour provider agency has already appointed Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) for conducting the lease and monetization policy. Read More »

Investors Cautioned By SEBI Against Collective Schemes

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cautioned the investors to be aware of collective investment schemes (CIS).

Recently, publishing advertisements in all the national and regional newspapers and media, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cautioned investors to keep away from those who offer collective investment schemes (CIS). Read More »

Realty Investment Rises In UP, Reports ASSOCHAM

Uttar Pradesh has seen an increase in the realty investment, reported Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.

Analyzing the growth rate of realty investment in Uttar Pradesh, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has reported that the state has received a growth in the investment level. Read More »

AC Firms Boosted With Reviving Office Space Demand

AC Firms are receiving a boost from the commercial realty, which includes shopping malls and other various projects.

AC Firms have a close relation with the commercial realty. If you hear this for the first time you may think that this is something wrong or not correct. But this is true. Read More »

Hines Looks For partners to Invest In Housing sector

American real estate developer Hines is planning to develop housing projects in India, in partnership with some Indian developers.

American real estate developer Hines plans to enter the residential segment of India. The group plans to develop one or two housing projects. Earlier, partnering with DLF Ltd and Shyam Telecom, it had developed some commercial projects in India. Read More »

Katrina Kaif Decides To Renovate Her Bandra Apartment

Leaving her dream to own a sea-facing home, Katrina Kaif finally decided to renovate her apartment in Bandra.

Katrina Kaif was unhappy with the performance of her apartment in Bandra as it had various problems like water leaking and so on. Further her dream was to own a sea –facing home. However she could not find any sea-facing home even after searching for a good while. Read More »

Realty Boom In Guwahati, Investors Attracted

Realty boom in Guwahati has attracted property investors to the city. Northeast as a whole has witnessed a realty boom in the recent years.

The developers in the Northeast states like Assam are happier now as they are witnessing a realty boom across these states. However Guwahati is one of the key cities in the Northeast which saw a quicker and faster boom in the past few years. Read More »

NCR Real Estate Receives Rs.700 Cr PE Investments

PE Firms invested Rs.700 Cr in the NCR real estate last year. This was reported by Cushman & Wakefield, global real estate consultants.

Global real estate consultants Cushman & Wakefield has reported that Rs.700 Cr was invested in the NCR Real Estate last year. However, the PE firms showed cold-sentiments to Gurgaon. Read More »

Actis Plans To Exit Its First PE Investment

Actis is reported to exit its private equity investment in India. The global private equity firm had invested $25 million in India in the year 2008.

In 2008, $25 million was invested by global private equity firm Actis. This investment was done for developing a residential cum retail project in Bangalore. This remains their sole realty investment in India. Read More »

Indian Realty Face Sharp Fall of Investment

According to the latest report of ASSOCHAM, Indian realty has faced a severe fall of investments.

Is not Indian realty as hot as it used to be? The report of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India may raise this question in your mind. As per the report, Indian realty saw a deep fall of investment.

According to the report of the apex body of industry, Indian realty received Rs.42,000 Cr in the last fiscal. The amount seems not so bad. Well, now you have to see how much was invested in the previous year. Read More »

Gujarat Realty Bags Rs.17,000 Cr Investments

In the last fiscal, Rs.17,000 Cr was invested in the Gujarat realty. The state saw growth rate of over 700 percent.

Gujarat realty is booming. It has really become one of the hottest realty investment destinations. The report presented by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India affirms this. Read More »

Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Buy Holiday Home in Dubai

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan have bought a holiday home for Rs.54 Cr. The holiday home was bought for gifting their little daughter Aaradhya.

Since her birth; in fact she was born with not just a silver spoon, but probably much more than that, Aaradhya has been in the top stories. Being born to Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, she enjoys more popularity than all others. Read More »

Indian Billionaires Who Invest Hugely On Their Homes

The top Indian Billionaires seem to be highly competitive in developing homes worth many billions.

It seems that the top Indian Billionaires are competing each other. It might be normal too. Here we some of the top Indian billionaires whose homes are included among the most expensive homes in the world. Their craze to spend huge amounts on developing homes is criticized as a mockery to the Poor Indian. Read More »

New Projects at Low Rates, Investors Attracted

Troubled by weak home sales, now the developers in Mumbai are launching their new projects at lower rates. This move of the builders is seen by the investors as a best time to invest in Mumbai.

The new projects in Mumbai are offered at lower rates. Though the developers are forced to cut down the prices, the move provides the investors a better chance to reap better. Read More »

Meydan Group, Lodha to Invest $5.7b in Realty

Joining with Mumbai based Lodha Group; Meydan Group will invest $5.7 billion in the real estate sector for developing District One, an integrated township project.

A residential project will be jointly developed by Lodha and Meydan. Both the partners propose to develop a residential project at an estimated cost of $5.7 billion. Read More »

Bangalore Has the Most Number of Senior Living Projects

There are seven residential projects for the senior citizens in Bangalore. Thus the city is far ahead to other cities in terms of providing better home facilities to the seniors.

Home projects for the seniors are often confused with old-age homes. Experts clear that the former is entirely different from the latter. They point to the ultra-luxury amenities incorporated in to such housing projects in Bangalore. Read More »

New launches, property investment, and marketing tricks

Developers come up with new launches, advertising them as better property investment options.

New launches are normally pictured as some of the best options for property investment. This is true that the property investment is one of the most productive investment options. Read More »

Realty Investors Look Hopefully At the Proposed Bridges

Realty investors are hopefully looking at the proposed bridges as they will boost the real estate market in Noida.

Recently Noida Authority has proposed the construction of two new bridges across the Yamuna. Though the Authority plans to construct these bridges to avoid the traffic jams in the city, this proposal has been hopefully looked at the realty investors. Read More »