Mansi Taneja And Raghavendra Kamath

How Ronnie Screwvala is using Rs 2,000 cr from the Disney deal

He started a fund with Rs 800 crore and made several investments.

Festival deals flood property market as realtors try to cut inventory

Festival deals flood property market as realtors try to cut inventory

Across the country, residential projects offering deals have risen 45-50 per cent in the run-up to the festive season and may double further by Diwali and the year-end as realtors attempt to clear piled-up inventory.

Serviced apartments scale new heights

Experts say in the serviced apartments space, developers, primarily from the hospitality sector, are targeting non-resident Indians, expatriates and now, even domestic investors.

Retailers to approach RBI over 0% EMI schemes ruling

In the last few years, zero per cent financing has become quite attractive as consumers aspire to buy the latest products, especially in categories such as mobile phones and television sets.

Tata Realty, L&T put mall projects on the block

While one of them is on the verge of opening, three others are expected to come up in the next three years.

Aon Hewitt strikes Rs 800-cr leasing deal with Unitech

The deal for 800,000-square foot plot in Gurgaon's Infospace Tikri SEZ is likely to improve real estate absorption rate, which has seen some upside recently.

Vodafone's UK parent may buy Analjit Singh's stake

Likely to seek FIPB approval to raise holding; deal could bring FDI of about $696 mn.

Realtors lure customers with new schemes

The real estate subvention scheme or 80-20 home buying plan, recently banned by the Reserve Bank of India, is now being replaced by other offers to attract buyers.

Realtors from South make inroads into high-growth NCR

Some major property companies based in South India, such as Puravankara and Sobha Developers, are spreading their wings in the high-growth National Capital Region market.

Air India puts up flats, land for sale

Earlier, its attempts to monetise properties, including the 22-storeyed Air India building in Nariman Point, saw lukewarm response.

Kishore Biyani launches e-commerce venture

With Big Bazaar Direct, the company franchisees will visit customers to take orders and the products would be delivered in three to seven days.

Retailers mull cuts in import to tide over rupee fall

Consultants say those selling imported consumer durables, apparel, food products, furniture, etc, are the ones hit the hardest.

Realtors embrace new technologies to cut costs

At a time when buyers are complaining about developers not sticking to delivery schedules and delays stretching for three-four years, these technologies have come as a boon.

Good news about the rupee fall

Recovery in US gives extra boost to IT/ITeS office deals in Bangalore and the National Capital Region.

Realty brokers on slippery ground

As home deals are down to a trickle, most are looking at life beyond broking.

As slowdown bites, malls suffer high mortality rate

120 new malls came up in last two years, but 30-40 of their older peers downed shutters

RBI's tightening of liquidity could hit real estate firms

Real estate loans could become NPAs for banks.

NCR's new towns get ready for realty boom

Nondescript Bhiwani and Mahendragarh in Haryana, recently named part of the NCR, are likely to see developers queueing up soon and investors betting big on the new hubs.

Spurred by Amazon model, online supermarkets push ahead

Mumbai-based LocalBanya is looking to expand to Pune and Delhi as part of its growth strategy.