real-estate

Emaar MGF Land Limited, one of India’s leading real estate developers, will now give its buyers the option to pay online. In a significant move, Emaar have tied up with PayU, one of the largest consumer payment processors in the world.…

68 year old real estate company DLF Ltd., having market capital of more than $190 billion (Rs 11, 40,000 crore) has been banned by SEBI from entering into stock markets for three years. DLF Ltd, along with its Chairman KP Singh and top 5…

India is witnessing significant surge in the Foreign Direct Investment inflows. This significant increase in FDI inflows to India is a yield of liberalization of economy, which saw light in the early 1990s. There was also a gradual opening…

Connaught Place in New Delhi is World’s 8th and India’s most expensive office location as of June, 2014. World’s most expensive office location is still London’s posh West End area while Hong Kong’s Central is at #2 and Beijing’s Finance…

Housing.com, one of the fastest growing online real estate & map based search platform has today announced a unique offering called “Housing New Projects”. This new offering comprehensively shows various upcoming and existing real…

In a report that slams down critics of the future of IT industry in India, ET talks about how global IT companies including Facebook, Amazon, AMD, Xerox and Intuit have leased more than half a million sq. ft of office space between them in…

A survey by Track2Realty has found that Indian home buyers are more interested in buying ready-to-move in properties rather than new and incomplete projects. The survey targeted the upper and middle class home buyers in 10 cities including…

Rents for quality residential accommodation is on the rise in India. Therefore, many people choose to buy property rather than renting one. Usually, the rent that one pays is roughly equal to an EMI that one would pay (in some places though…

Who would have thought the solution to U.S. real estate crisis (which btw spiraled into a global economic meltdown) would lie in an age-old marketing technique used by retailers of all shapes and size. Yes, the oh-so popular 'Buy 1, Get 1…

Whether to buy or rent a house in India is a debate that is going to hit you like a rock some time or the other in your life. We know that this question is not easy to get an answer for, because a lot depends on your individual…

A recent study by Mercer's 2011, Cost of Living Survey claimed that New Delhi (rank 85) is India's most expensive city followed by Mumbai (rank 95). The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have been taking steps to improve…

It is said that economic imbalances are a major source of crisis. Moreover, certain imbalances are so hyped with over-exuberance, that only bearish recessionary situations can dampen the spirits and correct the frothy build-up that…

Consider a case, Shyam is from Raipur - He has come to Mumbai for better opportunities is now earning a monthly household income is Rs 10,000 to Rs. 20,000. Can he buy a 1BHK home which costs around Rs.10 Lakh to Rs. 25 Lakh in Mumbai (for…

There are 2 sides to Indian real estate story – While the residential property market is seeing a surge ( in some cases at record rates), on the other hand, commercial property market (office spaces) are still reeling under pressure. Due…

We are finally seeing Indian property market rising in last few Months. 2009 was not a good year for Indian real estate after consistently rising for 5-6 years straight. With Economy slowly coming out of recession, Property prices have…

How much carbon footprint do you leave when you are shifting? My guess is none of us has thought about it. Well there is someone who thought about it. The folks at Easytolet.in have thought about it and built a business around it. Their…

I got an interesting comment on one of my previous posts on Pune Real Estate. The commenter – Ranjeet – provides a story of how a bubble builds up especially in real estate space. I found it quite interesting and thought it would be…

Contrary to popular belief, recently released real estate numbers suggest that the property market is not slowing down, Infact it is still rising. I am really surprised and not really sure if these numbers reflect the reality of situation.…

I have been having some very interesting comments to my articles I have previously written on Indian real estate specifically targeting the Pune market. However, the situation seems to be common across most upcoming cities and Metros in…

Indian Real Estate has been one high riding sectors since 2002- 2003. After very bad ninetees decade, it has resurrected itself like never before. Infact, in last three to four years, the property market in India has zoomed by more than…