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Editorial Ranjeet Mishra, ART Housing Finance
Is due diligence lacking in home finance?

In the financial sector, housing finance is relatively a new concept as the government took interest in the last two decades to diminish the housing problem in India. However, the participation of banks and financial institutions in the housing credit sector has swelled and the sector itself has evolved over the years, fuelled also by the concurrent evolution in government regulations in the sector and real estate industry as a whole.

Editorial Festival Season in Property Market, Ganesh Chaturthi and Property Purchase, Festive Deals in Real Estate, Home Buying in Festive Seasons, Festive Offers in Property market
Will govt. light Indian housing sector’s festive lamp?

Traditionally, the festive quarter fares better than the previous quarters of the year when it comes to housing sales – the combination of religious sentiment and festive deals and freebies is a potent mix during this part of the year. For instance, Q4 2015 saw 70,000 homes sold in the seven major cities. However, as tempting as it was for developers to believe that this was an unshakeable performance standard, it was certainly shaken just a year later. After demonetization (DeMo) was announced in this critical quarter in 2016, housing sales halved to 32,100 units.

Editorial Small Towns, Potential of Tier II & III Cities, Investment in Tier II Cities, Real Estate in Tier II Cities, Growth of Small Towns, India Real Estate News, Indian Realty News, Real Estate News India, Indian Property Market News, Investment in Property
Tier 2 & 3 cities the new draws for over 25% real estate investors

Lack of affordability in the larger cities is the primary hurdle to the largest investor base, and property investors are now looking at smaller towns and cities. However, their increasing bullishness on Tier 2 & 3 cities as against their tier 1 counterparts is not just on account of their relatively more affordable property prices, but also because of their better growth prospects. 

Editorial PE Fund, Private Equity Fund, Debt Equity in Real Estate, PE Funds in Residential Segment, PE Funds in Housing Market, Investment in Property, India Real Estate News, Indian ZRZealty News,Real Estate News India, Indian Property market News
Will Indian housing sector return to favour with PE firms?

The country’s housing market has also seen the highest impact of policy-induced disruptions. Given the fact that the housing market was tainted by malpractices and lack of customer-centricity by developers, the Government had to step in with policy interventions squarely aimed at cleaning up the sector.

Editorial Retail Store, Malls, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Property, PE in Commercial Real Estate, Private Equity in Commercial Property, India Real Estate News, Indian Realty News, Real Estate News India, Indian Property Market News, Investment in Property
Private Equity still votes for commercial real estate

Various Government-driven policies including ease of doing business in India are attracting both Indian and global companies, squarely benefiting commercial real estate. Big-bang boosters like the start-up revolution and the Make in India and Smart Cities missions have created a very lucrative environment for businesses to work and expand in India.

Editorial Housing Delays, Project Delays, Delay in Home Delivery, Builder Buyer Conflict, Home Buyers Protest, India Real Estate News, Indian Realty News, Real Estate News India, Indian Property Market News, Investment in Property
Post-election inheritance of 5.6 lakh stuck housing in top 7 cities

As per ANAROCK data, the top 7 cities currently have a total stock of 5.6 lakh delayed housing units worth a whopping INR 4,51,750 crore. These units were launched either in 2013 or before that. Lakhs of buyers across top cities – particularly MMR and NCR – have been left in limbo, leading to inconceivable mental stress and financial pain.

Editorial Completion Certificate, Occupancy Certificate, Real Estate Project Delays, Housing Delays, India Real Estate News, Indian Realty News, Real Estate News India, Indian Property Market News, Investment in Property
Housing project self-completion – far-fetched or viable?

The issue of stalled or delayed project is one of the major pain points of the Indian real estate sector currently. With buyers feeling the heat of delays, it is not surprising that some are now considering completing the projects themselves. This falls within the realm of possibility if the project in question has sufficient cash flows but is delayed for other reasons.

Column Corruption, Corruption in real estate, Corrupt real estate, Corrupt property market, Corrupt property deals, Shady property market, Indian real estate is corrupt, Corrupt practices in real estate, India real estate news, Indian realty news, Real estate news India, Indian property market news, Investment in property market, Track2Realty
Mr builder! You have cartel of corruption around

With so much money around and developers mostly uneducated, it is the senior functionaries in most of the real estate companies who create their own cartel of corruption. Sales leads that are generated within the company are generally leaked to the brokers and the brokerage is distributed with the sales, marketing or the corporate communication, depending upon their clout within the organisation.

Column Ravi Sinha, Real estate journalist, Real estate blogger, Real estate analyst, Real estate brand rating, Diary of a real estate journalist, Property journalist diary, Open letter to builders, Buyer writes to builders, Journalist writes to builders, Property journalists credibility, Credibility of real estate journalists, Media and real estate, Media and property market, Journalists in the property market
Honest journalism needs honest eco system

I often question how will honest journalism survive in this eco system. It is not that I don’t face the challenges and resistance of not being a party to this cartel of corruption. Forget the builders, even a large section of builders’ ‘paid & pet’ journalists have issues with me. I am, after all, a game spoiler for them who is spreading the negativity with brutal honest and ruthless journalism.

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