Ravi Sinha is a journalist with nearly two decades of cross-discipline media exposure. He is the CEO of real estate think-tank group Track2Realty. He has been writing extensively on the real estate sector for nearly a decade. Evaluation of real estate brand performance is his expertise and he has immense insight into consumers’ psychograph in the property market.
It was a noisy morning in Bengaluru, when numerous senior citizens stormed into the office of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the administrative office responsible for civic and infrastructural assets of the Greater … READ FULL STORY
While Indian real estate developers are going all out to woo rich Indians and expat professionals, they seem to have gone completely off target, when it comes to understanding the long-term housing needs of … READ FULL STORY
The government of India, on November 16, 2017, approved an increase in the carpet area of houses for the two middle-income group (MIG) categories, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban. Under the … READ FULL STORY
Environmental concerns have often stalled large infrastructure projects in India. While the government maintains that it is committed to encouraging sustainable developments, policy decisions often reveal the gap between the stated intent and ground … READ FULL STORY
Many developers in the market, often come out with schemes that can be deemed ‘suspicious’ and have the potential to damage the interests of home buyers. A ‘buyback guarantee’ is one such scheme, where … READ FULL STORY
According to the National Housing Bank’s RESIDEX, property prices in Kochi grew by 12.8 per cent in the October-December quarter of 2017. This comes at a time, when the top 10 property markets are … READ FULL STORY
When I joined this real estate company, I was exposed to an altogether new reality of vendor management, says the marketing head of a Noida-based real estate company, who had earlier worked in the … READ FULL STORY
Even though women have emerged as a critical segment of home buyers, real estate marketers continue to view women merely as part of families. Not surprising, the marketing campaigns of real estate projects, continue … READ FULL STORY
Shantanu Ganguly had invested in a commercial property in Gurugram, where the developer had promised an assured return of 12 per cent for his investment, till possession. His borrowing cost was 10 per cent … READ FULL STORY
Whether the price is Rs 2.5 crores for an apartment at Marina ONE in Kochi or Rs 50 crores for an apartment at Omkar 1973 in Mumbai, affluent Indians would not mind shelling out … READ FULL STORY
In recent times, most of the new property launches in Bengaluru, have been concentrated in the northern region of the city. The attraction has been so profound that north Bengaluru has started overshadowing other … READ FULL STORY
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget for 2018-19, by and large did not have any major announcements for the real estate sector. While developers have termed Budget 2018 as a pro-buyer populist budget, home … READ FULL STORY
After nearly a decade of Noida Extension being carved out and planned by the government agency, the region faces numerous civic woes – from bad roads and traffic bottlenecks, to overall infrastructure deficit. This … READ FULL STORY
