A new report by EY-Parthenon and CREDAI indicates that Generative AI (GenAI) could inject USD 14-17 billion into India's real estate economy over the next seven years. The technology is expected to significantly enhance operational efficiency, boost sales velocity by 30-50 per cent, and accelerate product launches, offering competitive differentiation and improved customer experiences for developers.
Gurugram Police have arrested a 50-year-old owner of a real estate firm for allegedly duping people of crores by promising land agreements.
Gurugram police have arrested two individuals, including a director of an infra firm, for allegedly defrauding investors through fake real estate projects connected to Dhirendra Shastri's 'Aparna Ashram'.
Bengaluru recorded the highest green building stock at 140 million square feet, followed by Delhi-National Capital Region at 74 msf, and Hyderabad at 72 msf for Grade A office buildings as of September 2023.
Gurugram police have arrested two individuals, including a director of an infra firm, for allegedly defrauding investors through fake real estate projects linked to Dhirendra Shastri's 'Aparna Ashram' in Silokhera village.
Mixed-use real estate projects, integrating residential, commercial, retail, and hospitality segments, are gaining significant traction in India as developers seek to maximise returns, optimise land use, and diversify cash flows, with experts predicting 35-40% of urban real estate supply will be mixed-use by 2030.
'The directives to enhance last-mile funding, consider revival funds, and systemic reforms across the sector are expected to revive stalled projects, improve accountability, and accelerate the delivery of affordable and mid-income housing.'
This year's Budget comes at a time when interest rates are still high and demand for real estate has remained poor.
Crisil Real Estate Ratings provide city specific all-round assessment of real estate projects and help buyers benchmark and identify quality projects within their cities.
Director of Unitech, Sanjay Chandra believes that with income levels and economy, both rising, the end-users or buyers are still there in the market and very actively still buying and does not expect any slowdown.
Owing to the risk perception attached with the segment by banks, the residential realty segment has been increasingly relying on non-banking financial companies and housing finance companies to raise debt financing, reports Abhijit Lele.
The CEO of Vipul Limited, a real estate company, has been arrested in Gurugram for allegedly defrauding several lawyers of Rs 6 crore under the guise of a lucrative investment opportunity.
'The government has to stop trying to fix things for lenders, projects, homeowners and developers and think instead about how to fix the market for houses,' says Mihir S Sharma.
The Indian real estate sector received a record equity capital inflow of Rs 14.25 billion last year, higher by 25 per cent annually, as developers and institutional investors remained bullish on growth potential, according to CBRE.
Institutional investments in Indian real estate are estimated to decline 37 per cent to $3.06 billion during the first half of this year on global economic uncertainties, according to JLL. Real estate consultant JLL India data showed that institutional investments in Indian real estate are likely to fall to $3.06 million in the January-June period this year as compared to $4.89 billion in the year-ago period.
this move by the government is likely to iron out the current challenges for the NBFCs and in turn help the real estate sector.
The judgement came on a plea of 'Forum For People's Collective Efforts' , an umbrella homebuyers association, challenging the constitutional validity of West Bengal Housing Industry Regulation Act, 2017, which is more or less identical to the Centre's RERA.
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Real estate is a sector which generates second highest employment and contributes approximately 5% of the GDP of the country.
It is the fastest growing sector with ever growing concerns.
The Union Budget 2013-14 has been largely neutral as far as Real Estate industry as most of its specific demands/wishes ignored especially that of infrastructure status, allowing ECB for all segments against current affordable housing alone.
While gold continues to provide safety after its strong 2025 rally, well-chosen real estate investments held with a long-term view remain attractive.
The real estate sector wants "high-impact" measures, like special schemes and tax breaks for developers, to revive the fortunes of the affordable housing segment in the country, multiple executives told Business Standard. This segment has been struggling since the Covid-19 outbreak, in contrast to larger and costlier homes which have been selling like hot cakes. The demand comes at a time when the government is taking suggestions from industry players before tabling the General Budget in the Parliament next month.
For the real estate sector, Diwali was the worst period after the global recession struck in 2008-09.
Unless security is given paramount importance, it is difficult for real estate activity to pick momentum in J&K.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the residential property market during the April-June period last year but sales have improved in affordable homes segment since July onwards, reflecting economic recovery in the real estate sector, according to the Economic Survey. The National Housing Bank's (NHB) Housing Price Indices (HPIs) are a broad measure of movement of residential property prices observed within a geographic boundary. The NHB-RESIDEX captures two housing price indices -- HPI@ Assessment Prices and HPI@ Market Prices - Under Construction Properties based on the data available for 50 cities with quarterly updation.
Builders bet on affordable homes as luxury sales dip, however, signs of revival after note ban and Rera are slowly visible
Police on Tuesday arrested the director of a real estate group in connection with the death of a 27-year-old software engineer, whose car had plunged into a water-filled pit at a construction site in Noida's Sector 150, officials said.
The hottest space in the market for the last 12-15 months has been real estate.
The jewellery industry has welcomed the government's decision to ban old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, saying gold demand will rise as people will have more faith in the precious metal than the currency notes. But the unorganised builders and secondary (resale) property market would be adversely impacted.
Despite the absence of any notable price growth, transaction volumes are picking up in major Indian cities. The surge in sentiments is also backed by a significant rise in transparency in the industry.
Delayed project delivery and unrealistically high real estate prices, which developers are unwilling to lower despite piled up inventories, have adversely hit the sector.
Prices of apartments and villas have gone up by up to nine per cent and 16 per cent respectively here during the first half of this year, indicating that the real estate market is on the way to recovery after three years of decline.
Developers have demanded lower borrowing cost for the housing sector as well as reduced taxes to promote affordable housing.
It has brought down the minimum capital requirement to $5 million from $10 million.
Outsourcing of information technology jobs, which is likely to continue to countries like India, has had an unexpected resul
Once we break free of the idea that land is scarce, real estate is just a pile of bricks, steel, and glass. Any price surge will kick off a supply response, which kills off the possibility of sustained price appreciation, points out Ajay Shah.
India, the world's fourth largest economy with 1.2 billion people, has steadily emerged as one of the most preferred destinations for global business.
Despite attractive offers and discounts, the realty players have not been able to revive market sentiments post Diwali in Tier-II towns of Punjab and Haryana.
