More than a year ago, future of the real estate market in India was believed to be promising following the implementation of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA). The best part of this Act is that it envisages safety to the buyers and its implementation immediately led to fall in property prices in [...]
December 4, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
. Jatin Khemani Whether it is real estate as physical assets or as stocks, there has been a lull for many years now. Will the two always move in tandem? Can real estate stocks do well even without real estate assets picking up? Before that, let’s understand why the real estate business and stocks are [...]
November 19, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) on Monday climbed 5 per cent after the company reported nearly fourfold jump in consolidated net profit for the second quarter of the current financial year. The company’s scrip gained 4.04 per cent to close at Rs 76 on the BSE. During the day, it zoomed 4.99 per [...]
November 12, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
The Centre has come up with a ₹25,000 crore bailout package for the troubled real estate sector. The Centre will contribute ₹10,000 crore, while the rest is likely to come from banks and the Life Insurance Corporation of India. Will this fund help India? Mint takes a look. 1) What’s the idea behind the bailout package? The idea is [...]
November 11, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
US-based real estate technology company Compass on Tuesday announced plans for a new technology hub in Hyderabad with a strength of 200 engineering, product and design professionals. To be located in Hyderabad’s Hitec City, the new Compass tech hub will focus heavily on mobile applications. Compass said Jaideep Ganguly will lead the Hitec City operation [...]
November 6, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
When faxes first came in I was still working primarily as an agent, and they seemed like magic. A … [+] The fax machine transformed our business. At first, I thought that was great. Documents spewed out of the fax machines all over my real estate office, printed on those rolls of thin shiny paper the [...]
November 2, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Join us for our latest TUPE Club webinar, focussing on the key considerations on TUPE in the commercial real estate sector. During the webinar we’ll talk about: The basics of TUPE How and when TUPE matters in the commercial real estate sector, with a focus on: Buying / selling property Grant, termination or assignment of [...]
October 25, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
the slowdown in the real estate sector seems to be impacting the larger players as well contradictory to the expectations of the market. Oberoi realty reported weak earnings in Q2FY20, where the booking value fell 43 percent at Rs 323 crore and sales volume fell 39 percent at 0.14msf compared to the same period last [...]
October 22, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Indian stocks were trading with mild gains in early noon session amid high volatility on Wednesday, i.e. October 9. At 11:25 am, the S&P BSE Sensex inched up 40.30 points, or 0.1%, to 37,572.28, while the Nifty 50 index was up 15.35 points, or 0.14%, to 11,141.75. Yes Bank, DHFL, Titan, Indiabulls Real Estate,Tata Motors [...]
October 21, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
Making money in real estate isn’t for everyone. It takes grit, time, and most importantly, cash. According to Brent Sutherland, a certified financial planner, real-estate investing is a decidedly “non-traditional” method for building wealth, but a powerful one nonetheless, he wrote in an article published on CoachCarson.com. When he was 35, Sutherland bought his first single-family home [...]
October 19, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
GOA: The Income Tax Department carried out a search operation on Thursday covering six premises of two groups involved in the sale-purchase of hotel resorts at Goa. One of the groups covered currently owns a large property at Goa on which a 5-star resort project is being built. The group is engaged primarily in Hotels & Hospitality, real [...]
October 14, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
New Delhi: Bengaluru-based Embassy group has no immediate plans to increase its stake in Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd from the current nearly 14 per cent, the company’s CMD Jitu Virwani said. “There is no plan right now,” Virwani told PTI when asked about the company’s plan to raise stake in Indiabulls Real Estate. The company would remain [...]
October 11, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate