Keys hotels to enter India
Keys Hotels, one of the leading players in the mid-market brand of New York-based Berggruen Hotels, has announced plans to develop 15 hotels across India in the next three years with a total investment of Rs 550 crore.
Search Results: Indian real estate market (1977)
Banks reluctant to finance freelancers and contractors
Most banks lending for homes are only interested in providing mortgages to people who have a fixed annual or monthly salary and their important criteria for assessment is based upon the amount that is earned. The presumption is that only these people are capable of meeting their repayment options without default.
SEBI has apprehensions over REITS
Capital market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has apprehensions over the feasibility of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in India. The regulator had issued draft guidelines for REITs a couple of years ago, but may drop its plan to introduce it now.
NRIs apprehensive to invest in India
A study by Assocham last year on the real estate scene in India indicated that the large Malayali and Punjabi NRIs are buying the houses of their liking. The study was based on the fact that Malyalis and Punjabis have migrated in hordes over the years. Some of them are also buying commercial space, it claimed.
India retail – opportunities in a revolution
Indian retail today stands at an inflexion point where the sector is poised to take a giant leap. Jones Lang LaSalle’s latest research offering ‘India Retail – Opportunities in a Revolution’ explores the potential in the Indian retail real estate in the coming years.
Jones Lang LaSalle Releases Asia Pacific Property Investment Guide For 2011
Jones Lang LaSalle, in conjunction with Blake Dawson, has produced its first Asia Pacific Property Investment Guide. Asia Pacific has a wide range of real estate markets – each with distinctive rules for investors. The guide covers important issues that investors need to consider when investing in real estate around the region.
The built-up and super built-up area debacle
Building byelaws and regulations differ from states to state and even city to city. However, it invariably turns out that property buyers are required to pay for construction that falls in FSI-free areas – areas of congregation, passage and general convenience.