Six Major Trends for Indian Real Estate in 2017

March 2017

India ranked fourth in developing Asia for FDI inflows as per the World Investment Report 2016 by the United Nations Conference for Trade and Develop...

Tags: Real Estate, capital flow, FDI, Trends, REIT, GST, RERA, Tata, Godrej, Mahindra, Indian Real Estate, Ramesh Nair, JLL India.

Infrastructure status to affordable housing will make it easier for developers to access low-cost funds via FDI, ECB and domestic banking assistance

February 2017

We welcome the move of the government to give infrastructure status to affordable housing. This status will make it easier for developers to access ...

Tags: Vineet Relia, SARE Homes, ECB, FDI

The abolishing of Foreign Investment Promotion Board to ease FDI into the country is a step in the right direction

February 2017

In my view, the 2017 Indian Union budget is a bold and progressive one, striking the right balance for different sectors with an eye on growth and em...

Tags: 2017 Indian Union budget, Faizal Kottikollon, KEF Holdings, GDP, Investments, Infrastructure, FDI, GDP growth, Government of India, Budget

Affordable housing given the infrastructure status will provide the segment with cheaper sources of finance including ECBs

February 2017

The Budget that was being touted as a make-or-break one for the future of India, and the government made some big announcements on the infrastructure...

Tags: Budget, Anuj Puri, JLL India, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, CLSS, NHB, ECB, FDI

Neglected areas are increase of tax exemption in interest, ease of finance to industry and speedy approvals that would benefit the real estate sector

February 2017

Overall, the 2017 Union Budget is a good budget in general but mixed for real estate industry, which was looking for more from this budget....

Tags: Santosh Naik, Disha Direct, Union Budget 2017-18, Infrastructure, Affordable housing, FDI, Real estate sector, Budget

Allocation of Rs 23,000 crore for PMAY and target of completing 1 crore houses by 2019 will give a big boost to the tiles industry

February 2017

Allocation of Rs 23,000 crore for PMAY and target of completing 1 crore houses by 2019 will give a big boost to the tiles industry...

Tags: Infrastructure, Kamlesh Patel, Asian Granito India, FIPB, FDI, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana

Abolition of the FIPB is a positive step to liberalise FDI policy framework and ease regulatory hurdles in attracting investments

February 2017

Overall, the Union Budget 2017 augurs well for real estate, affordable housing and the infrastructure segment. ...

Tags: Union Budget 2017, PMAY scheme, Anshuman Magazine, CBRE, FDI, FIPB

HIGH HOPES ON HOUSING

February 2017

Talk about an action-packed year! With RERA, GST, the Benami Act, FDI reforms, and more, there was never a dull moment in 2016. Adding to it all was ...

Tags: RERA, GST, Benami Act, FDI, Rohit Gera, Gera Developments, Sharad Mittal, Motilal Oswal Real Estate Fund, Sunil Sharma, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, RERA, REIT, Pradeep Aggarwal, Signature Global, CN Raghavendran