Posts Tagged ‘real estate’

Understand Capital Gains Tax for the Sold Property.

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 [...]

Surat: Realty Sector experiences 100% growth in 2 yrs.

Realty glitters in the diamond city. Real estate sector has witnessed a 100 per cent growth in the past two years, aided by a number of factors like vertical development, business opportunities and influx of people from other places. Om Ahuja, CEO-residential services, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) India, said, “In cities like Surat, the growth is directly related to [...]

Dhanlaxmi Bank to cut costs, not shutting branches.

Indian private lender Dhanlaxmi Bank said it does not plan to shut down branches or shrink operations, but has initiated steps, including salary cuts, to control costs as it grapples with pressured margins. “We have no plans to shut down any of our branches. We want to grow,” PG Jayakumar, the bank’s chief executive, told [...]

Realtors upset with policies of BDA.

The real estate developers on Thursday reacted sharply to the Bhubaneswar Development Authority’s (BDA) move to change the definition of “apartment” and “group housing.” Talking to reporters here, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) state president D S Tripathy said the new definitions are vague and will result in the harassment of people while [...]

Realty PE Deal Volume in Q1 rises missing Big Deals.

Private equity deals are alive and kicking in Indian real estate space even though headline numbers do not reflect the same due to the absence of big ticket investments. The total number of PE deals during the first quarter of CY 2012 has hit a three-year high, according to VCCEdge, the financial research platform of [...]

Chennai leads Indian Property Sector.

The Indian property market will see more investment from overseas this year as it still remains an attractive investment destination globally. In a recent report, property broking and real estate consulting firm Jones Lang LaSalle said the Indian property market is poised to attract about US$3 billion, almost double last year’s US$1.6 billion, from overseas [...]

Realty Developer Brigade Group opens Orion Mall in Bangalore.

Real estate developer Brigade Group has opened its flagship retail venture Orion mall in Brigade Gateway Enclave, Bangalore. Spread over 8.2 lakh sq. ft., the mall houses a mix of global and national brands. Brigade Group has completed over 100 projects, developing over 20 million sq. ft. of area since 1986. Orion mall is developed [...]

Coal Scandal gives a loss of $210 billion to India.

According to the report, leaked to the Times of India newspaper, the primary beneficiaries were about 100 private and state companies that were handed contracts for 155 coal fields between 2004 and 2009 without going through a competitive bidding process. The report said that $210 billion — five times India’s annual defence budget — was [...]

USA Downgrading Impacts on Interest Rates

Will the US rating downgrading from AAA to AA+ impact the real estate sector? Will it have a long-term or an immediate impact? Who would get the hit, the residential or the commercial real estate sector? The good news is that the interest rates might come down in residential segment whereas commercial real estate sector will be [...]

Metro Connectivity and Real Estate Prices Go Parallel.

Metro connectivity and property rates in the capital goes hand in hand , its just like they run on parallel tracks as right from the announcement of new metro connections , property rates follows an upward swing. With Delhi metro gearing up for the Phase III construction that will cover areas like Vasant Vihar, Dhaula [...]