Reserve Bank of India finally cut its main interest rate. This rate-cut by RBI will push other banks to offer home loans at lower interest rates. However the rate-cut is believed to benefit only the new applicants for home loans. Finally the home buyers can submit their application for home loans. According to the new […]
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Demand to Remain Stagnant in Residential Market
May 11, 2012 – 6:15 pm
A recent report by Global Property Consultants CBRE South Asia, India Residential Market View – 2011 states that while the residential markets across NCR and Mumbai witnessed steady escalation in prices during the revival period from 2009 to first half of 2011 (as high as 40-50% in certain micro-markets), the latter half of the year brought in […]
Mumbai Real Estate Market Looks Poised For Some Upward Growth
May 7, 2012 – 5:46 pm
The real estate market in Mumbai looks poised for some upswing after going through a lukewarm phase for the past few months. Evidently, there has been a marked increase in sales in March 2012 when 5,776 properties were registered, which is 37% more than the 3,639 registrations in the month of February 2012. Similarly, at least 50 […]
Economy and Realty in April 2012
April 19, 2012 – 5:38 pm
Healthy office space absorption in 2011-2012 inspite of slowdown in GDP, However 2012-13 seems bleak. Currently, the top seven cities of India that is Mumbai, National Capital Region, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata together occupy 389 mn sq.ft of Grade-A office space. During 2010-11, a total of 38 mn sq.ft of new space was […]
2012 Most Tougher Year for Fund Raising
April 18, 2012 – 5:09 pm
Due to global issues, liquidity is becoming a problem. Though the phase is temporarily, the concern cannot be ruled out. Indian real estate sector is banking on the fact that change will take place and market will come out of the situation. The fact of the matter is that next 12 months and in fact 2012, does […]
Realty Industry Welcomes Rate Cut And Sees Benefit for All
April 18, 2012 – 5:09 pm
The interest rate sensitive realty industry Tuesday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to cut key lending rates by 50 basis points, and felt the move will boost builders’ and home loan customers’ sentiments alike. “For the real estate in particular, this is indeed a welcome step by RBI. While the sector was […]
RBI’s Rate Cut: Realty Sector Expect Rise in Property Demand
April 17, 2012 – 4:36 pm
Realty firms on Tuesday hailed the RBI’s decision to cut short-term lending rate saying the move would reduce the cost of funds to home buyers as well as developers and boost property demand. “Reserve Bank’s decision to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points and abolish pre-payment penalties is a good move for home […]
Capital gains tax on sold property.
April 14, 2012 – 6:42 pm
Real estate is a significant part of an investor’s pie. It is also a time tested asset, which almost always appreciates except in times of severe economic downtrends, when it’s temporarily affected. In fact, buying real estate for investment purposes and selling it later at a higher price has become very common among investors. Banks […]
JLL says Residential Realty Sector is set to appreciate in 6 months.
April 7, 2012 – 4:27 pm
Jones Lang LaSalle India, a global research firm in the real estate sector, says that prices of residential units in India in the next six months should witness marginal appreciation. JLL says: “Over 60% of residential launches in the Top 7 cities (mostly in cities other than the NCR and Mumbai) are priced in the range of Rs […]
Mumbai gives little hope for home buyers.
April 4, 2012 – 11:07 pm
In a recent report, Jones Lang LaSalle said that Mumbai seems to be in a tighter spot with Rs275 billion being sunk in land since FDI (foreign direct investment) was allowed in real estate in 2005; most of which has failed to yield returns. Even many investments done in South Bombay once named as one of the […]
Indian Real Estate Sector may gain due to Gudi Padwa.
March 28, 2012 – 4:51 pm
The festival is widely celebrated in the state of Maharashtra and as for common people in India, a home is a priced possession and they do not sell and buy residential properties often. They wait for an auspicious date to such transactions.Gudi Padwa, a festival which earmarks new beginnings and new hopes to everybody’s life. Hence […]
Private Developers gets more Banks lending.
March 24, 2012 – 3:09 pm
According to the latest data available from the Reserve Bank of India, the outstanding for commercial real estate is Rs 1187.1 billion as of January 2012, a growth of 12.2 per cent over the year-ago period. Although this rate is lower than the growth figure of 19.9 per cent in the same period the previous […]
Real Estate Sops cannot impress Firms.
March 20, 2012 – 2:58 pm
The finance minister relaxed borrowing norms for real estate firms and extended the loan subsidy for low-cost affordable houses. The concessions have, however, failed to impress the industry leaders who termed it as a too-little-too late move that would have a limited impact on the sector. The Budget said, “I propose to allow ECB (external […]
RBI may hike key rates early next fiscal
October 3, 2009 – 5:34 pm
The central bank may unwind its accommodating monetary policy by hiking key rates in the first quarter of financial year 2011. The Reserve Bank of India could resort to monetary tightening to counter the liquidity pressure that could emerge from the expected pick-up in credit in the busy October-March season and Government (both Central and […]
Indian economy may grow 6.7%
January 13, 2009 – 4:05 pm
According to Morgan Stanley, Indian economy may grow 6.7% in current fiscal. According to Chetan Ahya and Tanvee Gupta, economists at Morgan Stanley, “Higher capital flows have been the anchor of a self-fulfilling virtuous cycle of an appreciating exchange rate, lower interest rates, and strong domestic demand growth”. Further they said that however, capital inflows […]
Realtors still stuck in house of correction
November 3, 2008 – 12:01 am
The RBI’s rate cuts alone may not stimulate the sluggish residential market. Experts feel that developers may have to further cut prices to bring buyers back into the market. Meanwhile, as a result of drastic fall in home sales, higher capital and construction cost, most developers have reported decline in revenue in September quarter. “We […]
Borrowers will have to wait for lower lending rates
October 22, 2008 – 5:16 am
According to HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, lending rates would ease only after deposit rates come down, which will take some time to happen. The statement comes at a time when most people hoped that banks would start lowering their lending rates, following the recent repo cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Welcoming the […]
Government In A Fix Over Lehman Realty Assets
September 19, 2008 – 4:57 am
The department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) and the Reserve Bank will shortly meet to evaluate the situation arising out of Lehman’s collapse, as the US giant has $500-million investment in Indian real estate projects. Foreign investment norms for real estate do not allow repatriation of funds within three years of investment. The RBI-DIPP […]
Indians Show Interest For Foreign Property, Stocks
August 1, 2008 – 5:53 am
The savvy Indian investor is no longer content with restricting his investment horizon to the equity or property markets at home. A growing number of Indians are now buying property abroad and also taking an exposure to stocks of foreign firms and debt products. Hard numbers are a testimony to this fact. From a mere […]
Housing Loan Growth Rate Drops By More Than Half
April 29, 2008 – 5:49 am
With interest rates remaining high and real estate prices yet to show any decline, the growth in demand for housing loans is on the decline. The growth in housing loans, which was 25.8% (Rs 46,019 crore) during the period ended February 16, 2007, has declined to 12% (Rs 26,930 crore) during the period ended February […]
Govt Recognizes Public Demand For Lower Home Loan Rates
March 6, 2008 – 4:34 am
The government on Thursday acknowledged that there is public demand that interest rates on home loans up to Rs 20 lakh should be slashed, but said it is for the banks and RBI to take a call. During his post-budget interaction with Assocham, Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram said, “I shall certainly bear in mind […]
New Norms For Credit Cards Shortly
February 19, 2008 – 6:25 am
Reserve Bank of India plans to chalk out rules for companies dealing with credit card business and recommends making it obligatory for all players to register themselves with central bank prior to operating as issuers. Mr. V Leeladhar, RBI deputy governor, said “The regulations will have to be drawn out…They (companies) have to register”. Credit […]
