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The real estate industry, which has seen some demand revival in recent times with the easing of fund flows, may have to prepare for tough times, going ahead. The easing of rates from banks, private equity investors and capital market, and the possible hardening of policy rates, proposal for replacement of base rate with prime lending rate and less ...

Government-owned India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) expects to disburse close to Rs 11,500 crore this financial year. “Our disbursement so far this financial year has been close to Rs 6,300 crore. It was Rs 4,891 crore by the end of March 2009. We expect disbursal of Rs 10,500-11,000 crore by the end of this financial ...

Real estate stocks on Friday continued their upward march with few showing signs of weakness in what is seen as a range-bound market for now. The Realty Index too saw a minor upside at 4297.49 up 2.09 per cent over Thursday’s close. However, the country’s largest realty company, DLF, was up only 0.36 per cent at Rs 414.35 while ...

Hoping to overcome decline in its revenue generation impacted by recession, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Wednesday increased its outlay by Rs 1,327.64 crore to Rs. 4,246.35 crore, the highest so far, in the Budget 2009-10 while giving priority for development of road-related infrastructure. The Budget states that earnings in ...

According to an industry survey, fresh investment plans in the real estate segment have taken a plunge of about 82 per cent between the first and the third quarter of the current financial year showing a slowdown in demand in residential and commercial sectors. Investments in the real estate sector declined from Rs 1,15,326 crore in the first ...

Realty major, Unitech is in talks with private equity funds for investments up to $560 million (Rs 275 billion). According to sources, the company is also in negotiations with banks to restructure an additional Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) of loans as part of its plan to cut debt and secure funding to complete existing projects. The realty major is ...

Housing for all has remained an elusive goal in a country which is seeking to become a global economic power. The current economic crisis offers an opportunity to turn this dream into reality. The slump in realty, created by the global economic slump, has already driven many developers to increasingly look to build affordable houses for the lower ...

The developer of palm-shaped islands off Dubai's coast has announced that the company is considering selling shares to the public. The state owned company talked about the same in a report in London's Sunday Telegraph newspaper that it is talks to float up to $15 billion worth of shares in 2009. 6 Jan 2009 Hindustan Times

With land prices going down, many medium-sized developers are trying to renegotiate the joint development agreements (JDAs), they had signed with landowners earlier. When the real estate market was at its peak, several medium-sized developers found it too expensive to acquire land at inflated rates in cities such as Gurgaon, Pune, Bangalore and ...

According to the second economic stimulus package announced by the government, the real estate sector would now be allowed to tap the external commercial borrowing route to raise money, subject to the Reserve Bank of India approval, provided the money is used for the development of integrated townships. There would also be a dialogue between the ...

Foreign fund Goldman Sachs Investments Mauritius (India) has bought shares worth Rs 30.84 crore in Indiabulls Real Estate through open market transactions. As per the information on bulk deals available on the National Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs Investments Mauritius bought 20.89 lakh shares at Rs 147.64 per piece aggregating to Rs 30.84 crore.

With a sharp decline in property prices, leading banks, including State Bank of India, have started revaluing properties against which loans have been granted. According to sources familiar with the decision, banks are worried that the recent fall could impact their risk valuation, if asset prices continue to fall. In the last few months, ...

Indian real estate companies have taken up borrowings through issuances of commercial papers (CPs) after the country's central bank injected liquidity by slashing cash reserve ratio and as banks continue to shy away from extending loans. Realtors are resorting to short-term borrowings of funds to complete ongoing projects as the economic ...

Until recently, Bangalore used to boast of the highest average room rates among hotels in India but now the heydays of the tourism and hospitality sector are over. Most of the hotel projects announced two years ago have not taken off yet. Here is a verbatim transcript of Sunanda Jayaseelan’s comments on CNBC-TV18.It is proving to be no ...

HDFC, India's largest housing finance company has made a big move in the home equity business by offering loans against property at 13.25%. This could turn out to be a big business opportunity for the lender since most of its borrowers pre-pay home loans. The finance through the home equity route makes available finance at a cheaper rate than, ...

Berggruen Holdings is a private company, with interests in private equity, stocks and bonds, hedge funds, art and real estate. Berggruen Holdings is a New York-based fund which manages proprietary capital worth over $1.5 billion, plans to invest over $300 million in India over the next three years in hospitality, real estate, education, ...

This is a Good News for all those who has invested in Puravankara's IPO, Puravankara Projects registered a consolidated net profit of Rs 61.89 crore for the quarter ended June 30, up by 41 per cent compared to the corresponding quarter last fiscal. The firm registered an income at Rs 157.58 crore for the quarter, an increase of 31 percent over ...

Puravankara Projects has announced its fourth quarter and FY08 results. The company's FY08 consolidated net sales were up at Rs 565.81 crore from Rs 416.85 crore. Its FY08 consolidated net profit was up at Rs 240.05 crore versus Rs 129.10 crore. Its Q4 consolidated net sales were up at Rs 546.9 crore from Rs 140.95 crore. Its Q4 ...

DLF, Nitesh Estates and HDFC Realty are amongst the bidders reportedly in the fray to acquire NRI tycoon C Sivasankaran’s Beacon House, located off the upmarket Cenotaph Road in the heart of Chennai. The 3-acre property, a former residence of UB Chairman Vijay Mallya when he controlled Best & Crompton (B&C), may fetch as high as Rs ...

UAE-based Phoenix Group Global, a major player in hospitality, realty and floriculture sectors is will make its presence felt in India by investing an additional Rs.1500 crore in the hospitality and realty sectors in a couple of years. The group is setting up a deluxe five-star business hotel at Whitefield in Bangalore at a cost of Rs.100 -150 ...

ITC's subsidiary hotel company Fortune, which addresses the mid-segment, has announced plans to set up its own hotels. Under its Fortune brand, the hotel chain sets up properties with local partners, offering only management and operations support. According to Pawan Verma, executive vice president of operations at ITC hotels, Fortune Park ...

Shares of Brigade Enterprise posted a flat listing at Rs395 versus an issue price of Rs390. The company offered 16,624,720 equity shares of Rs10 each. The price band was fixed at Rs351 to Rs390 per equity share.Brigade Enterprise is one of the leading real estate development companies based in Bangalore, primarily focused on the development of ...

 ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund recently launched its real estate securities fund, which is the first real estate mutual fund in India. The new fund offer is open for subscription from November 15 to December 14, 2007. The fund will invest 51 per cent of its portfolio in high-yielding debt securities issued by real estate companies. The scheme ...

 In the first of its kind among property consultants, the UK-headquartered Knight Frank Group will launch a $250 million India-focused real estate fund. According to sources the offshore fund will raise investments from high net worth individuals and other investors from the UK and will have an investment threshold of $0.5 million and above. ...

  In view of the appreciating rupee, high wages and increasing real estate prices, big, medium and small IT firms have made a successful entry into tier-II cities. Encouraged by their progress, many small IT firms are now exploring tier-III cities such as Udupi, Manipal, Hubli and Belgaum in Karnataka, Kozhikode in Kerala, Tirunelveli in ...

Piramal Enterprises, part of the Ajay Piramal Group, is planning to develop properties in Mumbai's central and northern regions. The company has set up a joint venture (JV) with Sunteck Realty, Mumbai-based real estate developers. The move comes close on the heels of Ashok Piramal Group-formed after a formal family settlement with the Ajay ...

Bangalore-based Prestige Group has partnered a global mall operator to float a 50:50 joint venture company.   Irfan Razack, Chairman and Managing Director, Prestige Group declining to name the company, said, “We recently signed an agreement to float a joint venture company and the partner will be announced shortly after their board ...

US-based PKN Group said it will develop a Dh4.3-billion resort to bring "Las Vegas-style" living and entertainment to a desert area of Ajman near the border with Ras Al Khaimah. To hammer home the point that it would be fit for celebrities to live there, the company even brought Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze to endorse the plan. The ...

The Government has cleared seven co-developers in Mukesh Ambani-promoted Navi Mumbai SEZs, thus endorsing fresh investment through private equity players by a key partner of the RIL Chairman. "The Board of Approval gave a green signal to the Navi Mumbai SEZ proposal subject to their producing data on net assets of the co-developers," ...

The Ashok Piramal group's real estate arm, Peninsula Land (PLL), has purchased Rallis India's 31 acres of land at Patancheru near Hyderabad for Rs 90 crore. The acquisition, made through PLL subsidiary RR Mega Property Developers, marks the Mumbai-based developer's entry into the southern markets. "Western and southern India are ...