Magicbricks Bureau The right time to be considered to exit a real estate investment is when it pays off, probably in a time duration of at least 3-4 years. There is no scientific method to calculate but one should exit a property based on its return on investment achieved and ... Read More »
Kusum is an 35-year old working woman. She has been saving diligently to buy a house in Mumbai and has almost clinched a deal. She has shortlisted a property in the suburbs, finished the paperwork for the home loan and is ready to make the down payment. However, since demonetisation ... Read More »
There has been unwarranted fear mongering in the country post the announcement of demonetisation. However, if we take a long term view on issues, demonetization will help bring a positive change in the real estate sector. While the industry will stand to gain from the shift towards a more transparent and ... Read More »
KOCHI: Kandukuri Vinoda, a home-maker in Telangana, was one of the early victims of demonetisation drive as she committed suicide. She had Rs 54 lakh cash after selling land. There is a co-relation between real estate transactions and demonetisation. The former being often high-value ones, the customer will always be ... Read More »
NEW DELHI: Real estate consulting firm CBRE Group today released a report on the company’s findings of its survey on The Millennials. The survey provides an in-depth look at what defines Millennials as people (LIVE), employees (WORK) and as consumers (PLAY). The survey, conducted across 13 countries globally had India ... Read More »
As many as 82% of Indian millennials live with their parents and 25% of these have no intention of leaving the family home, according to a survey on millennials by CBRE Group Inc., the world’s largest real estate consulting firm. Millennials are people who became young adults around 2000. The ... Read More »
The pensions regulator is currently giving evidence to MPs on, among other things, BHS. Ahead of the meeting, the chairman of the House of Commons work and pensions committee Frank Field wrote to the regulator asking if Sir Philip Green’s superyacht and other assets could be seized to help plug ... Read More »
Bengaluru: Trump Organization, the New York-based business venture of US president-elect Donald Trump, has signed a deal with real estate firm Unimark Group in Kolkata for a residential project, is in talks for a second project in Pune and plans to tap opportunities in office real estate across large cities, ... Read More »
BAREILLY: Manish Gupta, 33, a software developer based out of Lucknow, has been pestered by calls from real estate+ agents. On the offer was a chance to invest black money in the business. “The offer was 60:40 on the deal. I then learnt that one lakh rupees, comprising Rs 1,000 ... Read More »
The government’s demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1,000 currency notes will have a transitory impact on many asset classes such as real estate, jewellery, bonds, etc. The resale market in the real estate sector may be hit the most since many deals are made in cash. However, the demand in primary ... Read More »
To further intensify the crackdown on black money, Assocham has suggested the Centre to impress upon states to “drastically” lower stamp duty on residential and commercial property deals to dissuade people from undervaluing purchases. The industry body said that the biggest beneficiary of the move would be buyers of residential ... Read More »
ON the Monday after Diwali, the last transaction a realtor oversaw in Mumbai was the re-sale of a two-bedroom home, with a carpet spread of 700 square feet. The apartment, in a 30-year-old high-rise, went for Rs 3.80 crore, roughly the market price in the south-central Mumbai belt. The price ... Read More »
