Track2Realty releases India’s 1st Real Estate Yearly Handbook
Track2Realty, the e newspaper on Indian real estate has launched India’s first real estate yearly handbook, Focus 2012.
Track2Realty, the e newspaper on Indian real estate has launched India’s first real estate yearly handbook, Focus 2012.
While the real estate industry bodies, both CREDAI and NAREDCO, have approached the CCI alleging cement cartels hoarding to inflate prices, a CRISIL report says India’s cement demand has grown at a slow pace of 3% during April-October 2011.
When the CCI alleged that DLF misused its dominant market position and imposed unfair conditions on home-buyers of two of its many projects, the real estate fraternity, legal experts and others strongly questioned the basis of the CCI order.
The much awaited and largely discussed Real Estate (Regulation & Redevelopment) Bill, pending since 2009, is finally been ready and the Government plans to introduce it in the winter session of Parliament after getting Cabinet approval.
The Andhra Pradesh Government will take all steps to ensure that Hyderabad’s real estate industry bounces back to normalcy soon, said Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.
The level of FDI in the real estate sector is unlikely to show a quantum jump this year, courtesy a slow GDP growth rate, high debt levels of the real estate developers, labour shortage and economic crisis in the US and Europe.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) penalty of Rs.630 crore on DLF has raked up the old debate in the sector as to whether the business falls under the service sector.
The Reserve Bank’s decision to raise key policy rates by 25 basis points today is likely to have a negative impact on the real estate sector.
Real Estate may boast off to be the second largest economic activity and the largest employment provider in the economy, but when it comes to have a say in the policy making, they are found to be sulking.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has suggested the government to introduce Real Estate Investment Trust and Real Estate Mutual Fund to enable investors to own a diversified portfolio of professionally managed assets in the real estate sector. In a note submitted to the government, the Chamber said that the Indian Real estate sector currently lacks any monetization vehicle for capital intensive verticals such as commercial offices and retail malls.