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.
The 24-km-long Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, is a case study on how an infrastructure project can improve the brand positioning of a given market. It has turned around 20 nondescript sectors of the city, into … READ FULL STORY
A survey by Track2Realty in 2014, among NRIs, HNIs and other wealthy and influential investors, found that Singapore, Malaysia, New York, Sydney, UK (London) and the Middle East (Dubai), were the preferred destinations for … READ FULL STORY
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s new year’s eve announcement, on interest subvention for housing loans for the poor and the middle-class, was soon followed by rate cuts by various banks, including the government-owned State Bank … READ FULL STORY
The Indian property market has always been quite attractive for non-resident Indians (NRIs). The only concern, has been with the opaque nature of the business, with its lack of information and scientific process of … READ FULL STORY
A vast majority of home buyers (as many as 74%), dismiss the possibility that recent policy changes, could lead to price corrections in the housing market. In fact, prospective buyers and sellers across the … READ FULL STORY
A majority of home buyers (as many as 82%), believe that the wide trust deficit between the builders and the buyers, can be bridged to a considerable extent, if the developers genuinely come forward … READ FULL STORY
For far too long, aggrieved home buyers have suffered owing to judicial delays. Developers have been comfortable, in the knowledge that court cases can drag on for years. However, the year 2016 exposed them … READ FULL STORY
Despite its significance, size and contribution towards India’s GDP, Indian real estate remains one of the most unorganised sectors, due to its local nature and the presence of a large number of players, according … READ FULL STORY
For the real estate sector, 2016 will be remembered as the year of dramatic policy changes. These changes have the potential to usher in a more organised, cleaner and more transparent real estate market … READ FULL STORY
When Housing News analysed the impact of demonetisation over the property prices, some of the critics disagreed and even took it as an endorsement of black money in real estate. Nevertheless, the theory that … READ FULL STORY
When Ramakanth Sharma bought an apartment in a senior housing project in Bhiwadi, his decision was based more on the property’s affordability, than the concept of senior housing. Sharma himself had no plans to … READ FULL STORY
Currently, commercial property and office spaces are the true indicators of the future of the real estate market. It is always the absorption of office space that reflects the potential economic activity and job … READ FULL STORY
“While real estate is traditionally viewed through the prism of ‘location, location and location’, I feel that if you can spot the future location, then you strike a potential goldmine. Kharghar happens to be … READ FULL STORY
