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How Home Buyers Will Benefit from Real Estate Bill: 10 Facts
11 Dec 2015The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the Real Estate Bill, which was first proposed in 2013. The Bill will now be taken up for consideration by the Parliament. The provisions of the Bill are aimed at protecting buyers and bringing in transparency in the sector. Here is a 10-Point...More >>
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Godrej Properties Sells 300 Flats for Rs 700 Crore in Mumbai
11 Dec 2015Realty firm Godrej Properties has sold 300 flats worth over Rs 700 crore in just one week in its project at Vikhroli, Mumbai, even as the housing segment is facing a huge demand slowdown. Godrej Properties, the real estate development arm of the Godrej group, on Monday informed the BSE that "...More >>
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The paradox of Indian real estate
08 Dec 2015Oversupply in the second-most populous country in the world? Really? India has a huge demand for houses. Industry experts peg this number at 50 million houses in next 10 years – urbanization as a trend has just touched the tip of the iceberg. At a fundamental level, the underlying drivers o...More >>
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Betting on revival
08 Dec 2015The S&P BSE Realty index rose 16% this year till December 10. Much of it was due to rise in stock markets as a whole as there was no improvement in fundamentals of real estate companies in this period. The debt of the 29 listed real estate companies whose results were available till March 31 ...More >>
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New tricks for the old trade: Smaller homes to boost sales
08 Dec 2015Amid falling sales, builders are exploring ways to make houses across cities more appealing to buyers. India’s real estate has undergone several transitions over the past decade. Among the major trends is how developers have been decreasing apartment sizes to suit affordability of buyers. B...More >>
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Indiabulls Housing Offers Festive Discount on Home Loans
07 Dec 2015New Delhi: Indiabulls Housing Finance on Monday unveiled a festive scheme offering home loans at a rate of 9.55 per cent - 0.1 per cent lower than existing rate. The existing rate for housing finance company is 9.65 per cent. The festive scheme will begin with immediate effect and will be applic...More >>
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Residential Realty Prices May Worsen: Study
07 Dec 2015Mumbai: The bearish sentiment is likely to continue in the residential real estate sector for the next six months and the pricing situation will remain stagnant or may even worsen, while an uptick in office space rentals will give a boost to the commercial realty space, says a survey. ...More >>
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India's top 50 real estate investment destinations of 2015
07 Dec 2015The research was conducted to help the investor community identify & shortlist areas that hold the promise of good returns based on their past performance. The analysis was conducted basis data compiled in March 2015 and tracked the residential property price movement over the past one year an...More >>
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Chennai floods: Real estate one of the worst hit businesses
05 Dec 2015BENGALURU | MUMBAI | NEW DELHI: It's still too early to count the losses from the unprecedented floods and torrential rains in Chennai that have impacted people from all walks of life, but one of the worst hit businesses clearly is real estate. Besides wastage of hundreds of tonnes of buildin...More >>
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Quikr acquires real estate analytics platform RealtyCompass
05 Dec 2015line cross-category classified business Quikr has acquired RealtyCompass, a real-estate analytics platform, to enhance its offerings in the property space. The platform provides builder ratings and detailed project analysis to end-consumers and investors to help them in making informed decisions....More >>
