New housing launches up by 50 per cent in Q2 2018 affordable housing keeps the momentum going  

September 2018

Unsold inventory down 2 per cent from 7.11 lakh units in Q1 2018 to 7.0 lakh units in Q2 2018. Unsold inventory declined 10 per cent from 7.7 lakh un...

Tags: Affordable housing, RERA, GST, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, National Capital Region, Kolkata developers, PMAY, Infrastructure, Housing for All by 2022, Anarock Property Consultants, Anuj Puri

The biggest change in our industry will be the Internet of Things, says Ashok Ramachandran, CEO, Schindler India & South Asia

September 2018

Schindler India, a 100-per-cent owned subsidiary of the Schindler Group established in Switzerland in 1874, is among the leading providers of elevato...

Tags: Schindler India, Elevators, Escalators, Affordable housing, Infrastructure, Airports, tOte-a-tOte, Ashok Ramachandran, Make in India, RERA, Internet of Things, LEED

We expect 50 per cent growth in our numbers by 2020

August 2018

ACE believes in providing customised solutions specific to the requirements of the clients. Mayank Pundir, Country Head - Tower Cranes, shares more o...

Tags: ACE, Mayank Pundir, Tower Cranes, R&D team, Technology, SLI, RERA, Affordable housing schemes

Know how advanced technologies are gradually finding acceptance in India's elevators market

August 2018

Industry estimates suggest that India has a market for 48,000 to 54,000 new elevators against China's demand for about 500,000 units a year. In fact,...

Tags: Vincent Pinto, Escalators, Amit Gossain, KONE Elevator India, Sebi Joseph, Otis India, Architect Indrajit Kembhavi, Kembhavi Architects, FSI, Charu Bahri, Affordable housing

The major benefit with GST is with regards to increased input credit on procurement of materials, say Manju Yagnik, VC, Nahar Group

July 2018

The implementation of GST has helped in mitigating the surging effect of taxes with construction services specifically being categorised as ‘supply o...

Tags: GST, Manju Yagnik, Nahar Group, Affordable housing projects

Six points to take advantage of an estimated 6 lakh crore affordable housing market

June 2018

Rapid urbanisation is a reality for emerging markets and India is no exception to this phenomenon. Urban India today houses 377 million people, makin...

Tags: Partnership, Investment, Location, Monitoring, Technology, Affordable housing, PPP, Construction, Pre-fabrication, PMAY-HFA, A Shankar, JLL India

Mahindra Lifespaces-HDFC Capital affordable housing platform launches its first project

June 2018

Mahindra Lifespace Developers (MLDL) has launched ‘Happinest - Palghar’ – the first affordable housing project to be undertaken by a joint platform b...

Tags: MLDL, HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund, Anita Arjundas, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Vipul Roongta, HDFC Capital Advisors, Construction, MAHSR, URBAN, Housing for All, CLSS, IGBCs Green Affordable Housing Rating System

Will the Banking Mess impact the Real Estate Sector?

June 2018

From bad loans to loan defaulters to financial frauds and embezzlement, the Indian banking system seems to be in a crisis mode. And, needless to say,...

Tags: Banking Mess impact, Real Estate, RERA, Affordable housing, NBFC, Housing for All by 2022, NPA, Shobhit Agarwal, Anarock Capital