Tag: Liquidity Crisis

Floating interest rates will come down

Existing floating home loan customers groaning under high interest rates can look forward to a more cheery New Year. After setting interest rates at 9.25% for new home loans between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 20 lakh, rates for existing home loans will be reduced as the PLR (prime lending rate) comes down. Home minister […]

DLF freezes projects

The liquidity squeeze-induced slump in demand has forced real estate leader DLF to fire some employees, put a number of hotel and housing projects on hold and yearn for 7% home loan rates. “We must have laid off some employees somewhere,” DLF Chairman K P Singh told reporters on the sidelines of India Economic Summit, […]

Morgan Stanley stays optimistic on Indian realty

The global economic slump and downturn in the real estate hasn’t deterred Morgan Stanley Real Estate from going ahead with its India plan. It’s planning to invest an additional $1 billion over the next five years and has recently formed a large team for Indian operations. These investment plans—the company had earlier invested about $750 […]

Indiabulls Real Estate surges 22%

Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate surged over 22% to Rs 131.15 on BSE Tuesday, while Indiabulls Financial Services climbed over 7% to Rs 105.60 after the company assured of not having any non-performing loan in its portfolio. The financial services company reported a net profit growth of 21.4% to Rs 136 crore for the second […]