"I do not think prices can come down because costs are high. We have not seen any decline in prices so far, says Adi Godrej"
CDR amount jumps six times in first half; bankers expect things to worsen.
When Kishore Biyani- led Future Group opened the 200,000 square feet Home Town store in Mumbai's Vikhroli early last year, it became a symbol of the group's giant-sized ambitions in home solutions.
In India, these global retailers exported goods worth $725 million in 2010. Modern retail constitutes 6.5 per cent of the $435-billion overall Indian retail market.
Residential sales have declined 60-70 per cent in Mumbai due to high property prices and rising interest rates.
Ventures in areas such as insurance, financial services and logistics valued at Rs 4,500-5,000 crore ; company in talks with PE giants KKR and JP Morgan.
Prompted by the Reserve Bank of India's increase in the key rate, the repo, banks have raised interest rates by 325-350 basis points.
Third-party sales force in financial sector dying slow death.
After approving 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, the CoS is said to have suggested stringent conditions for foreign retailers such as minimum investment of $100 million.
Banks and housing finance companies (HFCs) are trying to figure out their exposure to real estate projects in Noida Extension, which have come under cloud after courts cancelled land acquisition in several villages by Greater Noida authorities.
Companies say the viability of 13,000 megawatts worth of projects, which have fixed power sale tariffs, hinge on the government decision.
According to recent finance ministry data that captures the performance of public sector banks, instances of home loan defaults contributing to gross non-performing assets was the highest in the category of loans up to Rs 200,000.
The saga of buying out high-end office space in Mumbai continues. In a latest development, Mumbai-based education company, Core Projects and Technologies, is in talks with the leading plastic goods maker Supreme Industries to buy out the office property developed by the latter in the Andheri area of Mumbai. The deal could be worth Rs 350 crore (Rs 3.5 billion) in value, said sources close to the development.
Brotin Banerjee, managing director and CEO of Tata Housing, shares the company's plans and strategy with Raghavendra Kamath.
MPCB said Indiabulls had started the construction work at the IT Park project in violation of consent to establish and without complying with its directions issued on January 27.
RBI slams public sector banks for the strange phenomenon of profits dipping when a new chairman takes over.
Reliance Retail, which started in 2006, runs over 1,000 stores across 86 cities.
RIL had earlier decided not to pursue the cash-and-carry model due to a number of reasons, including a growing unrest towards organised retail.
Insiders say some issues that demand immediate attention include improving asset quality and conservation of capital.
Customers want formats which have wide assortment, international products, and so on. Basically, it is an assortment play.
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