Anuj Puri, chairman and country head at JLL India explains the dynamics of the city's real estate.
Navi Mumbai is emerging as the next big real estate location.
The leader should be cautious while accusing the Modi government of cronyism.
Investments in real estate have just got a bit costlier. Since April 2010, an additional amount in the form of service tax is being collected from buyers, on under construction properties. So what is this service tax and who is deemed to pay it?
Home seekers should do a reality check before booking flat in a pre-launch offer.
It was the relentless pursuit of justice over a decade by a group of senior citizens that resulted in the Supreme Court's order for demolition of the illegal 40-storey twin towers of a real estate group in Noida.
Prices of all metals - from steel to copper, aluminium, zinc and lead - have shot up by about 5-11 per cent in the past month. Commodity inflation is raising its head, forcing companies to consider price hikes.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turned net buyers in October after being net sellers in the previous month. In October, FPIs bought shares worth nearly Rs 8,430 crore ($1 billion) against net selling of Rs 13,405 crore ($1.6 billion) in September. Positive flows during three of the previous four months have pushed the domestic markets towards fresh all-time highs. At present, the Sensex and Nifty are less than 2 per cent shy of breaching record highs logged in October 2021. A rally in equity markets in the US and Europe is in hopes that the Federal Reserve may go soft on rate hikes after its November meeting.
'After that, volumes and prices would move up.'
If the real estate sector is properly managed, it could drive not just finance but demand for a range of products and services, observes T N Ninan.
Both the South cities have also beaten the NCR in the number of new launches.
The strategic portfolio should be tinkered with only once in two or three years. Ideally, the trading part should not be more than 5-10 per cent of your total portfolio.
Talks of a merger between HDFC Bank and parent HDFC Ltd had gained steam nearly eight years ago, when the Reserve Bank of India allowed banks to issue long-term bonds to fund infrastructure and affordable housing. At that time, key executives at both entities denied any such proposal. And today, the merger has been officially announced by the two players.
The real estate sector is set to enter a progressive phase in 2015.
The loan liability is entirely yours. Check land documents and insert clauses in the agreement to ensure some payback by the builder.
CF Retina helps a potential buyer get a near-real experience.
A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur asked the Centre as to what action has been taken in the matter.
Experts say this is a good time to buy a house for self-use, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Zinedine Zidane, Donald Trump, Steve Waugh have all lent their name to realty projects in the country.
There was no evidence on record to link Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl in suburban Mumbai, his lawyer on Tuesday told a special court.
Realty players want single window clearance for all affordable projects, reports Karan Choudhury.
'India seems to be on a relatively better wicket compared to other emerging markets.'
A decline in the real estate sector, rising debt and the company's alleged involvement in 2G scam caused damage to the business and its image.
NRIs are increasingly buying properties in India online.
If a couple is registered as joint owners of a property, the tax authorities expect both of them to show their income or capital gains from the house in their tax returns, says Arvind Rao, a chartered account and certified financial planner
PAN will be a must for all transactions, including purchase of jewellery, above Rs 200,000 with effect from January 1, 2016
Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea.
The RBI has lowered interest rates by 1.25 per cent since January.
Real estate biggies unhappy with status quo on RBI rate cut.
With growing revenues, a spreading business empire, and surging aspirations, companies are seeing a strong demand for luxury products from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
The branch managers have come out of their glass cabins and the sellers' market has transformed into a buyers' market, but there is no end to the harassment of customers, asserts Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Land aggregators now want to sell to large corporations because their payment is guaranteed.
India is gearing up for the Festival of Lights in the times of the pandemic.
Is it only about choosing the right model and manufacturer? No, there's more to it. Know how to select the ideal car.
Government officials be under confusion.
A long and bitter funding winter in the start-up world is beginning to take its toll on start-up advertising across properties. Earlier this week, Mastercard replaced Paytm as the title sponsor for all international and domestic cricket matches organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). But this is just one part of the story. The other side is that organisers of high-impact shows and events on Hindi general entertainment channels, too, are feeling the winter chill.
Welcoming the latest round of stimulus announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, experts said the measures will support the economic recovery boosting demand, job creation and by providing funds to the MSME and stressed sectors. The fiscal impact of the stimulus is likely to be around 0.25-0.6 per cent of GDP in the current fiscal, they said.
The finance minister also said that the merger would not result in any retrenchment but rather improve the benefit of the employees.
After more than two decades and three attempts, the government has finally sold its flagship national carrier Air India, and it is deja vu for Maharaja as it returned home to its founding father the Tata group. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (JRD) Tata founded the airline in 1932 and named it Tata Airlines. In 1946, the aviation division of Tata Sons was listed as Air India, and in 1948, the Air India International was launched with flights to Europe. The international service was among the first public-private partnerships in India, with the government holding 49 per cent, the Tatas keeping 25 per cent and the public owning the rest. In 1953, Air India was nationalised and for the next over four decades it remained the prized possession for India controlling the majority of the domestic airspace.
I binged on various shows this year -- some for work, some for pleasure, few I couldn't spare time for, others I didn't have access to while some started out fabulously only to fizzle towards the end.
