Tag: Economic Slowdown

Developers Unable to meet Retail Space Target

DLF, Parsvnath and other real estate developers have lagged behind by 54% in their target to open retail space even as retailers’ vacancy climbed to 16% last year. Cash-strapped real estate developers failed to deliver eleven million square feet of retail space in 2008, according to a study released by Cushman & Wakefield. Out of […]

Market expects speedier, steeper rate cuts

RBI may be forced to cut interest rates earlier than planned and more aggressively than previously hoped, as it comes under pressure to navigate an already faltering economy away from the turbulent economic aftershocks of the Mumbai terror attacks. Last week’s attacks, which killed around 200 people, targeted key symbols of enterprise in a city […]

Real Estate Firms Look At Diaspora

In these times of economic slowdown, Indian companies, especially real estate firms, are looking at diaspora in the Middle East for investment. The government kick-started a series of “investment meets” last week in Muscat that had major Indian firms hard selling India’s economic stability to the diaspora. The Muscat meeting, held under the aegis of […]

Save money by shifting home loan to public sector banks

The Indian government is trying hard to bring down the interest rates in order to counter the economic slowdown. Indian finance minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, met with heads of private as well as PSU banks and advised them to lower lending rates. Expectedly, several public sector lenders were first to follow the advise. SBI have […]

Slowdown In The Real Estate Due To Slowdown Of The Economy

The general economic slowdown has started impacting the commercial real estate sector as was obvious by slower uptake during the April-June period of the year. During the period, commercial real estate demand was only at 9.74 million square feet as against the supply of 18.07 million sq.ft, commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield […]

HDFC Property To Buy Into Nitesh Mall

HDFC Property Ventures is investing $20-25 million into South India’s largest central business district (CBD) mall developed by Nitesh Estates in Bangalore. The move probably marks the $900-million HDFC Property Ventures’ foray into retail infrastructure in a rather tight-market environment. HDFC Property Ventures will pick up around 20-25% stake in the 6-lakh sq ft Nitesh […]