Leasing activities of office and retail spaces would not be affected much.
With experts concurring that India and China are lucrative markets for real estate, a comparison between the two countries is inevitable, writes Ravi Teja Sharma.
Real estate has much further to fall and you should govern yourself accordingly
Among the international companies that are increasing their investments is the Japanese paint major, Nippon, which is putting in about Rs 80 crore (Rs 800 million) for manufacturing facilities in Gurgaon and a 25-acre unit in Chennai.
Real estate regulation Bill is consumer-friendly and promotes transparency but does not address the issue of inefficiencies in the approval process and other delays by government bodies.
After a long time, real estate companies could hit the fund-raising trail. The reason is improvement in investor sentiment.
The prices started escalating three years back and went through the roof.
We must not allow another cycle of crazy price rises to set in. Or land banking to become the next new hot industry.
A builder arrested in connection with the death of a software engineer in Greater Noida has been sent to judicial custody. An SIT is investigating the incident, questioning Noida Authority officials regarding alleged negligence.
A career in real estate was till now limited to brokers, masons and labourers. Not anymore as the industry opens up limitless scope for investment bankers, marketing managers, visual merchandisers and supply chain distributors.
Outsourcing of information technology jobs, which is likely to continue to countries like India, has had an unexpected resul
GE Commercial Finance will invest $63 million in the Indian IT Parks Fund, sponsored by Ascendas Pte Ltd.
Real estate major CB Richard Ellis has been named the 'Top commercial real estate brand' by the internationally recognised consulting firm Lipsey company.
Investing in gold trumped most other asset classes in terms of compounded annualised returns over the long term, suggests a report by FundsIndia.
You would be a fool to expect 200 per cent returns every time you invest in real estate. More so, when you don't count the risks engaged in such an adventure
The country's largest IT services company TCS on Thursday announced a tie-up with private equity major TPG for its upcoming data centre business, in which both the partners aim to invest Rs 18,000 crore. TPG will invest $1 billion or around Rs 8,870 crore in the AI data centre business christened as 'Hypervault', and hold a stake between 27.5-49 per cent in the venture.
Non-resident Indians with wealth stuck in real estate in India have reason to rejoice.
The company is close to buying 1-million square foot office space for Rs 700 crore in Bengaluru.
If you are already invested in real estate stocks, you've made your money, exit
Real estate bill seeks to impose penalties, including de-registration of the project and other fines in case of a breach.
The provisions in the bill will curb malpractices by developers and it even proposes to penalise them if norms are violated.
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.
"As I begin the next chapter of my life, I am looking for ways to pursue a career in business, specifically in real estate," Agassi, 36, said in a statement.
Chennai-based Lakshmi Vilas Bank is set to merge with Indiabulls Housing Finance in a share-swap deal, RBI may not be comfortable with a bank owner having realty business under its wings.
Indian property market and its regulations need to be reformed further to attract foreign direct investment while the demand for space for business process outsourcing is expected to cross over two crore square feet in the next three-five years.
Of late, Surajkund has been hyped as an attractive alternative real estate destination on the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) map.
The application, filed by Arsalan Iftikhar's counsel in the supreme court, called for the registration of an FIR against Malik Riaz Hussain, owner of Bahria Town real estate firm, for alleging that he possessed photos and video footage of Iftikhar's visits to London that were allegedly paid for by the tycoon's relatives
The share of services in gross value added (GVA) in 2023-24 was the highest in Chandigarh (88.8 per cent), followed by Delhi (84.1 per cent), said a NITI Aayog report released recently.
Affordable homes, priced under Rs 40 lakh per unit, may not be attractive anymore, not just for developers but also for investors, with the segment seeing a 26 per cent price rise over three years since 2022 versus 40 per cent returns from luxury homes priced Rs 1.5 crore and above.
Weakness in the information technology (IT) sector hiring has weighed on Info Edge (India) over the past year, leading to a 13 per cent correction in the stock during this period. While the company's 2025-26 (FY26) third-quarter (October-December/Q3) performance showed a marginal improvement, brokerages believe the IT hiring outlook remains weak due to macroeconomic uncertainty in the US.
Supported by strong buoyancy in public sector capital expenditure (capex), growth in infrastructure investment is expected to accelerate in 2025-26 (FY26) compared to 2024-25 (FY25), according to the First Advance Estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for FY26 released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Wednesday.
Restricting the input credit is not a good idea for any sector, particularly real estate which requires more formalisation.
Builders bet on affordable homes as luxury sales dip, however, signs of revival after note ban and Rera are slowly visible
Investing in stocks offer secrecy, partial liquidity and freedom to invest even a small amount, says P V Subramanyam
White collar hiring in November has surged by 23 per cent, mainly led by non-IT sectors such as education, real estate, hospitality and travel, and insurance, says a report. October had registered a 9 per cent year-on-year decline in hiring due to advancement of Diwali dates this year while in November it rebounded with a 23 per cent growth, according to the Naukri JobSpeak Index report.
Gurgaon scores down from previous year but still on top.
PE funds have invested Rs 13,000 cr into the property market in Bengaluru.
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