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RCom to demerge realty assets to lower debt

RCom to demerge realty assets to lower debt

Rediff.com8 Jul 2013

The existing shareholders will get one RPL share for each RCom share (of Rs 130 market price) held.

Jaypee Infratech's creditors defer voting on Suraksha's offer

Jaypee Infratech's creditors defer voting on Suraksha's offer

Rediff.com24 May 2021

Jaypee Infratech's financial creditors on Monday deferred the voting process on Suraksha group's offer to acquire the realty firm and will decide later this week whether bids of Suraksha group as well as NBCC should be considered again. Days after NBCC strongly objected to the Committee of Creditors (CoC) rejecting its offer and also questioned the jurisdiction of Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) Anuj Jain, the creditors held a meeting to discuss NBCC's addendum to its existing offer. The CoC, at its meeting on Monday, decided to conduct voting on May 27-28 on whether both contenders -- Suraksha group and NBCC -- should be allowed to submit their resolution plans for Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL), which went into insolvency proceedings in 2017.

Rupee depreciation may boost NRI investments in realty

Rupee depreciation may boost NRI investments in realty

Rediff.com28 Jun 2013

On Wednesday, rupee depreciated to an all time low of 60.72 against dollar.

Online realty auctions are bargain hunter's friend

Online realty auctions are bargain hunter's friend

Rediff.com14 Jul 2011

Auctioned properties are 10-20 per cent cheaper than the market prices.

How India Inc is trying to save jobs

How India Inc is trying to save jobs

Rediff.com21 May 2020

India's biggest firm, Reliance Industries, has decided to cut salaries by 10 per cent in its oil and refining divisions. Several smaller companies like Kajaria Ceramics have followed suit with cuts as high as 40 per cent for those earning more than Rs 50 lakh.

Realty pile-up doubles in NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad

Realty pile-up doubles in NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad

Rediff.com1 Jun 2013

Experts attribute this to economy slowdown and political uncertainty with the general elections round the corner.

Why NRIs are so gung-ho about buying property in India

Why NRIs are so gung-ho about buying property in India

Rediff.com12 Nov 2018

NRI demand would help offset the liquidity problem, which is presently affecting realty sales.

'India's realty price scares global retailers'

'India's realty price scares global retailers'

Rediff.com4 Jul 2008

UK's leading department store chain Debenhams has so far opened two stores in India alongwith its franchisee partner, Planet Retail.

Banks turn choosy on realty loans

Banks turn choosy on realty loans

Rediff.com18 Jun 2008

Sensing a correction in the real estate sector, commercial banks have become selective in lending to new residential and commercial real estate projects.

High interest rates affected realty: ICICI

High interest rates affected realty: ICICI

Rediff.com5 Jun 2008

"Clearly there is a slowdown in the number of deals. . . interest rates have gone up from eight per cent in the past to now 12 per cent and prices too have gone up but an asset bubble is not there," ICICI Bank Joint Managing Director Chanda Kochhar told PTI. She said that a correction was expected as the present slowdown was in number of deals and not so much in prices.

Bengal received zero in realty in FY13

Bengal received zero in realty in FY13

Rediff.com10 May 2013

In 2011-12, the state attracted new investment commitments in the real estate sector worth over Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion).

Sell or hold your realty investments?

Sell or hold your realty investments?

Rediff.com10 May 2008

If you invested in property for capital appreciation, it may better to get out now than later as prices are not showing signs of turning up soon

Sub-prime shadow on Indian realty

Sub-prime shadow on Indian realty

Rediff.com24 Apr 2008

The turmoil in the global financial markets has cast its shadow on India's largest real estate deal. Delhi-based developer BPTP Ltd, which was banking on overseas institutions to fund the acquisition of 94 acres of prime land at Noida for Rs 5,006 crore, has sought an extension to pay the first instalment of the money.

Realty players warm up to PE

Realty players warm up to PE

Rediff.com21 Apr 2008

The Delhi-based Parsvnath Developers received $47 million (Rs 186 crore) from twoSaffron Group funds to develop a residential and shopping complex on a now-defunct bus depot at Kurla in central Mumbai. The Mumbai-based Lodha Group got $54 million from a HDFC-sponsored, Mauritius-based fund. The fund will take a 45 per cent stake in a special purpose vehicle, which will develop projects in Hyderabad, Lodha said in Mumbai on Thursday.

Retail makes hay in realty surplus

Retail makes hay in realty surplus

Rediff.com17 Apr 2008

The tables have turned. Organised retail, which used to cite real estate as its first constraint, is being wooed by developers as there is a sudden surplus created by completion of pending projects and new construction. According to an industry analyst, the rental for a retailer used to constitute 4-5 per cent of its total revenue in the years 2001 and 2002, rising to 7-7.5 per cent in the later years. Industry analysts believe a retailer's profit would get eroded

Realty slowdown: Are the numbers right?

Realty slowdown: Are the numbers right?

Rediff.com15 Apr 2008

The real estate industry is witnessing a slowdown. In anticipation of rates to fall, consumers are postponing their purchase plans. Developers, for their part, are finding it difficult to access cheap credit with banks reluctant to lend to them. Both residential and retail demand has moderated though the demand for office space remains strong. Inspite of this, most property cos are expected to post reasonably good Q4 results. Builders are banking on mid-income projects.

Losses in index majors drag Sensex by 678 points

Losses in index majors drag Sensex by 678 points

Rediff.com29 Oct 2021

Tech Mahindra was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 3 per cent, followed by NTPC, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Bank and Reliance Industries. NSE Nifty fell 185.60 points to 17,671.65.

Oracle's lofty Bandra office deal could lift realty

Oracle's lofty Bandra office deal could lift realty

Rediff.com11 Apr 2013

At Rs 340 a square feet a month, the nine-year pact is among the costliest.

Kamathipura: From shanty locality to prized real estate

Kamathipura: From shanty locality to prized real estate

Rediff.com17 Apr 2022

After years of living with his family in a poky 110 sq. ft. 'house', textile worker Sambhaji Surve dreams of moving into a home four times the size once the Maharashtra government starts its ambitious redevelopment of the 39-acre Kamathipura shanty town in south-central Mumbai. Sharing his dream are about 8,000 other families hoping for a better life when the redevelopment project, part of the government's effort to redevelop old settlements and make life more livable for some residents, gets underway. The Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party aims to redevelop BDD Chawl and Dharavi but for Surve all the matters is Kamathipura where he arrived in the 1970s from Nasik to work in a textile mill. Kamathipura was originally built 150 years ago following construction of a causeway to connect the seven islands of Mumbai. From the British Raj to post-independence, it became infamous for slums and brothels.

Rising steel prices hit realty biz

Rising steel prices hit realty biz

Rediff.com13 Mar 2008

Real estate market in the national capital region is likely to be hit by the steep rise in steel & cement prices. Caught between oversupply of sales of residential properties and rising steel & cement prices, property developers may be forced to review property prices. But realty developers will not pass on the burden to buyers and will try to absorb the shock of the rise in steel & cement prices. Pushing up real estate prices may hinder potent buyer from buying properties.

'Markets to remain volatile in near-term'

'Markets to remain volatile in near-term'

Rediff.com26 Oct 2021

Investors with high risk appetite must stay invested while risk-averse investors can consider profit booking.

Bangalore realty developers to see marginal rise in demand

Bangalore realty developers to see marginal rise in demand

Rediff.com27 Aug 2014

The marginal increase in absorption is expected to be accompanied by a drop in the number of new launches by 8 per cent to 72,113 units during 2014.

Realty prices set to climb

Realty prices set to climb

Rediff.com17 Jan 2003

Realty prices set to climb

Realty prices set to climb

Rediff.com17 Jan 2003

Why realty tycoon Donald Trump is smitten by India

Why realty tycoon Donald Trump is smitten by India

Rediff.com15 Aug 2014

It isn't everyday that Donald Trump comes to Mumbai. Today is that day.

Sensex drops 132 pts after RBI policy; banking stocks drag

Sensex drops 132 pts after RBI policy; banking stocks drag

Rediff.com4 Jun 2021

Nestle India was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, shedding around 2 per cent, followed by SBI, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, HUL and Dr Reddy's. NSE Nifty slipped 20.10 points to 15,670.25.

RBI move may hit realty sector

RBI move may hit realty sector

Rediff.com29 Jan 2008

RBI's move to keep interest rates unchanged may hit the real estate sector. With rising home loan rates, home sales in metros are likely to be affected.

Top 8 cities' housing sales rise 51% in 2021

Top 8 cities' housing sales rise 51% in 2021

Rediff.com5 Jan 2022

Housing sales across top eight cities rose 51 per cent last year, even as the office market continued to slump due to the Covid pandemic with gross leasing witnessing a 3 per cent fall, according to Knight Frank India. Housing sales increased to 232,903 units during last year, from 154,534 units in 2020, but demand was down 5 per cent from the 2019 pre-pandemic levels and 37 per cent lower than the 2011 peak numbers. In the office segment, the gross leasing of office space fell to 38.1 million square feet in 2021, from 39.4 million square feet in the previous year, due to the adverse impact of the second wave of the Covid pandemic.

Crash may hit realty, consumer spending

Crash may hit realty, consumer spending

Rediff.com23 Jan 2008

The sell-off in the equity markets, especially by foreign institutional investors, could have a ripple effect across asset classes and adversely impact consumer spending.

Realty volatility to end by year-end

Realty volatility to end by year-end

Rediff.com15 Feb 2011

L&T Infra is undertaking a public issue of 'Long Term Infrastructure Bonds 2011 A-series'.

Realty: Chennai set to beat Bangalore

Realty: Chennai set to beat Bangalore

Rediff.com19 Jan 2008

Rising prices in the real estate sector in Bangalore, the IT capital of the country has turned the attention of several realtors to Chennai, a city which is slowly but surely set to beat Bangalore in the real estate space.

Want to invest in a Real Estate fund?

Want to invest in a Real Estate fund?

Rediff.com1 Dec 2021

These funds have lowered the entry barrier for investors who can now invest with just Rs 5,000, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.

Retail investors bank on realty sector

Retail investors bank on realty sector

Rediff.com11 Jan 2008

Retail investors stand to gain from the booming realty sector, through the Real Estate Investment Trusts.

Trends in India's booming realty market

Trends in India's booming realty market

Rediff.com29 Dec 2007

The other trend is towards the big and bigger, especially in the retail sector. Take The Great India Place in Noida, Unitech's 15 lakh sq ft "shoppertainment" destination which opened earlier this year.

NRIs do a realty check before investing

NRIs do a realty check before investing

Rediff.com27 Jan 2011

"Gone are the days of euphoric buying. Today, people are doing calculated buying. They are doing thorough due diligence, checking out the location," said Kunal Banerji, president, M3M India.

'Investment in commercial realty to touch $ 1tn'

'Investment in commercial realty to touch $ 1tn'

Rediff.com23 Jan 2013

The report estimates that direct commercial real estate transactional market will exceed $1 trillion per annum by 2030, compared with nearly $450 billion in 2012.

'Investment in commercial realty to touch $ 1tn'

'Investment in commercial realty to touch $ 1tn'

Rediff.com23 Jan 2013

The report estimates that direct commercial real estate transactional market will exceed $1 trillion per annum by 2030, compared with nearly $450 billion in 2012.

Boom time for Indian realty developers

Boom time for Indian realty developers

Rediff.com16 Nov 2007

Indian real estate developers, enjoying boom times, want your capital.

From BJP Nemesis To Modi's 'Small Soldier'

From BJP Nemesis To Modi's 'Small Soldier'

Rediff.com7 Jun 2022

The transformation of the Modi-Shah baiting Hardik Patel into saffron poster boy.

Investing in realty? Terrific tax benefit

Investing in realty? Terrific tax benefit

Rediff.com1 Nov 2007

Real estate, or property, is one of the one of the major asset classes people the world over invest in. Such real estate could be residential house property, whether self-occupied or let out, commercial property, whether used for one's own business or profession or meant for letting out, farm house, agricultural, urban and rural lands, and so on. Through proper planning it is possible to save a great deal of tax on real estate investments -- on income and on capital gains.