For any investment in residential property to provide effective returns, the chosen location should have good social infrastructure, adequate public transport and sufficient economic activity to sustain development and growth. These parameters apply to … READ FULL STORY
Residential real estate sector In 2016, about 89,000 residential units were launched across the six major cities in India, which is 34% less than the units launched in 2015. Out of the total new … READ FULL STORY
India is home to six of the world’s 30 most dynamic cities. In JLL’s City Momentum Index (CMI) 2017, the country’s primary IT and technology hub, Bengaluru, sits at the top. It is followed … READ FULL STORY
Although the implementation of various regulatory reforms, such as the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act (RERA), Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016, are likely to bring … READ FULL STORY
The first bench of the Madras High Court, comprising chief justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sundar, on January 30, 2017, declined to vacate the order banning the registration of plots and houses, … READ FULL STORY
Disha Kansara Chawla Senior executive search professional, Mumbai Many average Indians now own two houses – one to live in and one through which they earn retirement benefits. It is very difficult to buy … READ FULL STORY
The Indian home buyers are quite convinced that whatever incentives are given to them in the union budget, will never reach them. The reason: Investors and middlemen in the Indian housing market, will absorb … READ FULL STORY
The policy changes that the government is implementing, should help improve business confidence in India and result in robust office leasing demand in the coming years. Occupiers looking for large, quality spaces, should consider … READ FULL STORY
Genuine buyers in the residential real estate market, appear to be holding back their purchase plans, on hopes that the interest rates would fall further and the property prices would plunge, post demonetisation, which … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court has refused to relax the ban on the registration of unapproved plots in Tamil Nadu, saying that the whole endeavour was to untangle the mess created by indiscriminate conversion of … READ FULL STORY
The year 2016 was an interesting one for real estate markets. A number of initiatives, like the passage of the Real Estate Regulatory Bill in March 2016, amendments to REIT guidelines in budget 2016-17 … READ FULL STORY
According to a report by property consultant Cushman & Wakefield, in 2016, the supply of retail space touched a five-year high to 5.3 million sq ft across eight cities. “Retail mall spaces have seen … READ FULL STORY
The residential market continues to witness a slowdown but commercial real estate has turned around, thanks to the improvement in business sentiment since last year. Traditional sectors like IT-ITeS, banking and financial services, continue … READ FULL STORY
