There is significant money to be made in Europe by investing and lending where local banks cannot, two prominent private fund managers told attendees of a U.S. hedge fund conference on Friday. “The most attractive opportunity in this environment is to step in where the banks are least able to ... Read More »
In the past decade, Indian as well as global corporates have shifted a lot of their focus on green commercial buildings. This increasing interest has led to an accelerated availability of such products, services and also enthusiasm from builders catering to this segment. There has also been a significant increase ... Read More »
In Bangalore, the year 2015 ended with hopes and expectations rising that the New Year would bring fresh impetus to the flagging real estate sector. The real estate sector in the city was a bit of a mixed bag with the demand for commercial real estate in the city being ... Read More »
We hear so frequently about the players behind Manhattan’s billion-dollar real estate projects and how foreign investors are pouring a global vault’s worth of currency into New York City property, often shielded by LLCs. It’s illuminating to get a closer look at the city’s larger real estate landscape–one that has changed ... Read More »
Long before anyone worried about drones crashing through the front window, winemaker Paul Masson built a chateau in the hills above Saratoga. Now it’s for sale. You can have it for $7 million — not bad in the Silicon Valley real estate market, where paying upwards of $5 million for ... Read More »
A change is coming at the end of the month in the way stock indexes are classified. Real estate, now part of the broader financials category, will go out on its own. But before you yawn and say that the change seems akin to moving the deck chairs around on ... Read More »
WITH complaints from flat buyers against unfair practices by real estate firms piling up from across the state, a proposal to appoint multiple housing regulators is now under consideration, sources said. At last count, about 37,000 such cases were pending in the consumer redressal forum, official data shows. Mumbai, the ... Read More »
Brigade Group has announced the launch of its latest initiative – Brigade Real Estate Accelerator Program (REAP). A brainchild of Nirupa Shankar, Director, Brigade Hospitality, it is an organised approach to help build sustainable and scalable businesses in sectors relevant to real estate. According to a release from the Brigade ... Read More »
The implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations this year is going to bring cheer to various segments and one of the biggest beneficiaries is expected to be real estate. About Rs.1 lakh crore of money is being released as part of the hike in salaries and an additional amount ... Read More »
The latest version is a redrawn plan after the critical citizen feedback received on the earlier draft plan last year. Though in conservative measure, and treading cautiously after the criticism of the last version, the plan has laid out several measures to increase the development potential of Mumbai. The Revised ... Read More »
We hear so frequently about the players behind Manhattan’s billion-dollar real estate projects and how foreign investors are pouring a global vault’s worth of currency into New York City property, often shielded by LLCs. It’s illuminating to get a closer look at the city’s larger real estate landscape–one that has changed ... Read More »
In early 2004, home loan rates sank to a record low of under 7.5 per cent, thanks to the liberalisation of the Indian economy. Real estate investment was then an option only for the rich, but the low borrowing rates encouraged people from all income groups to step forward, which ... Read More »
