Category Archives: Real Estate

Real estate sector could generate 1.28cr man-days in WB: Finance Minister Amit Mitra

The real estate sector is expected to generate 1.28 crore of man-days in West Bengal in future, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said on Thursday. Since the Trinamool Congress came to power in the state in 2011, the real estate sector has seen a CAGR of 15.7 per cent, he said. “The real estate sector is the second largest employer Read More


4 real estate companies from three cities requests to avail bailout fund: Nirmala Sitharaman

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said four real estate companies from three cities, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, have approached to avail Rs 25,000 crore bailout fund. More companies are likely to approach the nodal agency for taking benefit of this window from next week, she said. Earlier this month, the government approved a Rs 25,000 crore fund to help complete over Read More


Factory sealed, 8 real estate projects get notice for pollution, 2 held: Noida administration

Two persons were arrested, a factory was sealed and eight real estate firms were slapped with penalties of Rs 5 lakh each on Wednesday for violating anti-pollution norms, the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration said. The action was taken in Noida and Greater Noida as air quality deteriorated to ‘severe’ category, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) once again ordered Read More


Three years of demonetisation: Cash is king in 66% of real estate transactions

MUMBAI: Three years after Narendra Modi in an address to the nation banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes digital transactions are increasing year over year but large number of people still prefer cash transactions over digital transactions as per a survey. The survey also pointed out that black money continues to dominate the real estate market despite the demonetisation of currency notes. When asked how much Read More


What Are The Biggest Opportunities In Real Estate Right Now?

When considering the depth and breadth of the real estate industry there are myriad opportunities that could be included from realtors, appraisers, inspectors and attorneys to architects, general contractors and tradespeople to all things supporting home ownership like insurance agents, home improvement stores and their staff. In fact, according to the NAHB, housing accounts for 15-18% of the nation’s economy Read More


Real estate review: Why home sales in Kolkata haven’t taken off

  Branded players see upswing but smaller developers are still struggling Home sales in Kolkata have been a mixed bag over the first nine months of 2019. While branded real estate developers have seen an upswing of sorts and improvement in sentiment, smaller players and standalone projects are yet to gain any sales momentum. Project launches continue to be on Read More


Is the government’s bailout package for real estate enough to revive the sector?

Such in line with the announcements made by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in September, the cabinet on November 7 approved a Rs 25,000 crore special window to provide funding to stalled housing projects in a bid to revive the sector. According to the government, as many as 1,600 projects with 458,000 dwelling units will be covered under this. While Read More


Govt to launch real estate e-commerce platform in Jan: Hardeep Singh Puri

To ease the process of buying a house, the government will soon launch an e-commerce platform, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced at the first National RERA Conclave held in Lucknow on November 4. “We’ve held discussions with both Credai and Naredco, and we will soon come up with an e-commerce portal for the real estate sector, possibly Read More


Indiabulls Real Estate arm sells 100% stake in Century for £200 mn

Decides to focus only on Mumbai and NCR markets Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IREL) on Saturday said its wholly-owned subsidiary has divested its entire stake in Century Ltd, which indirectly owns London-based Hanover Square property, to Clivedale Overseas Ltd, an entity owned by the promoters of IBREL for £200 million. In April, the company in a presentation said that it Read More


China’s real estate e-platform Fangdd makes Nasdaq Debut

  NEW YORK — Fangdd Network Group, a leading Chinese online property technology company, listed its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Market on Friday under the ticker symbol DUO. The deal size of the IPO contained 6 million American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at a price of 13 U.S. dollars apiece, each representing 25 Class A ordinary shares, Read More