By Rituraj Baruah, New Delhi : For commercial real estate, developers feel the worst is over, and signs of a revival have started showing up with pent-up demand and stocks declining. The outlook for the sector, they say, is now better. In line with the slump in the...
By Taponeel Mukherjee, In a world where trade wars dominate news headlines, trade in goods is interesting, but trade in capital is no less exciting. The Indian infrastructure ecosystem should take note of some policy and regulatory changes globally over the last few...
New Delhi : Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the new ordinance amending the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to treat home buyers as financial creditors will eliminate "fly by night" operators and will force the real estate industry to eventually...
By Rituraj Baruah, New Delhi : Almost a year after the Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) was enacted, its implementation is still patchy, with a permanent regulator missing in most states. The result is that buyers still have not got a clear roadmap and builders...
By Rituraj Baruah, New Delhi : The affordable housing segment, which is the new rage in the real estate sector after it got infrastructure status last year, still suffers from lack of funds from banks. Market participants feel they still have to wait a few more months...
By Rituraj Baruah, New Delhi : After four consecutive years of slump and low demand in the real estate sector, market participants believe 2018 will be a year of revival as the sector has finally shed the impact of demonetisation, Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the...
New Delhi : Admitting that India's urban infrastructure was under "extreme strain", Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has said the government was committed to bringing holistic transformation in the country's infrastructure...
Beijing : China has restricted the investments its companies can make overseas in several sectors including property, hotels and equity investment funds while easing curbs in sectors like electricity and telecoms, it was reported on Monday. The National Development...
By Sudhir Pai, Much on expected lines, the government in Budget 2018-19 has continued with its thrust for Affordable Housing and Housing for All scheme. The government has been consistent with its efforts in addressing affordable housing in 2017 -- be it giving...
By Taponeel Mukherjee, As India's Finance Minister is days away from presenting Budget 2018, there are two key issues that he must address to boost investment and growth in the country. They are: Non-tax revenues from land bank monetisation of public institutions, and...