Realty Bill may open new doors to transparent, secure home buying
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For many, buying a residential property is the biggest investment they make in their lifetime. Last week, the government released for public comments a draft Real Estate Regulation Bill, which is said to be on …

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Chennai rentals are hotting up
Friday, 11 Jun, 2010 – 9:00 | No Comment
Chennai rentals are hotting up

“Chennai is getting hot,” says Mr Abdur Ravoof, President, Chennai Real Estate Agents Association — he was not talking about the weather, but the trend in residential rentals.
It is that time of the year when …

New home buyers may soon feel the pinch
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 21:00 | No Comment
New home buyers may soon feel the pinch

Home buyers might have to shell out 10-15 per cent more for buying apartments in newly launched projects this year as developers are looking at passing on the hike in construction cost to customers, what …

A new town in Chennai suburbs
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 18:00 | No Comment
A new town in Chennai suburbs

Next month Hirco will start delivering the first of the residential apartments to the buyers at the 360-acre Hiranandani Palace Gardens township coming up at Oragadam, a fast growing suburb to the southwest of Chennai.
This …

Massive drop in bank lending to real estate sector
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 15:00 | No Comment
Massive drop in bank lending to real estate sector

Bank credit to the real estate sector has practically ground to a halt even as the industry launched a slew of new projects in the last six months. .
Recent Reserve Bank of India data on …

Budget homes via PPP route
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 12:00 | No Comment
Budget homes via PPP route

In a public-private partnership initiative between real estate developers and the Maharashtra Government’s housing and allied agencies for affordable homes, the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry, has signed a joint declaration with the State Government …

Counter-magnet attraction
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 9:00 | No Comment
Counter-magnet attraction

Navi Mumbai is finally happening. Mumbai’s “poor cousin” today has plenty going for it. Besides wide roads, good city planning and plenty of shopping malls, the property rates are now almost as expensive as those …

How a new city was born
Wednesday, 9 Jun, 2010 – 21:00 | No Comment
How a new city was born

CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd) began the development of Navi Mumbai on a nodal basis, after earmarking the entire landmass into 14 nodes in 1970. Until the Mankhurd-Vashi railway line was …

Rebound ahead in the commercial space
Wednesday, 9 Jun, 2010 – 18:00 | No Comment
Rebound ahead in the commercial space

Following the upswing in the residential real estate market in Bangalore now, it was only in the residential segment that the market was seeing most activity. Industry experts now believe that post-June, the commercial space …

‘Real’ impact of IFRS
Wednesday, 9 Jun, 2010 – 15:00 | No Comment
‘Real’ impact of IFRS

April 1, 2011 will see the entry of IFRS in India, with companies covered in the first phase, as announced by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, reporting their performance results as per the IFRS converged …

Realty majors plummet on rate hike fears
Wednesday, 9 Jun, 2010 – 12:00 | No Comment
Realty majors plummet on rate hike fears

Shares of realty firms were the major underperformers in 2010. The fall has been aggravated in the last 15-20 days, despite companies announcing improved financial performance in the recent quarter.
The market does not appear to …