REAL ESTATE: Indian realtors are eyeing foreign soil for expansion.

Indian realtors bite into global pie

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A US resident has advertised to sell land in that country to Indians here. In the process, the seller may have started a trend of US owners turning to overseas buyers as local demand for housing dries

Get a piece of sunny Florida, for $1million

Amitabh Pandey, a small investor from Baroda, saw the value of his Rs 20-lakh portfolio erode by 35 per cent due to a dipping stock market.

Investors look to open offers for better returns in falling market

&nbsp;Only gold ETFs have ended positive and attracted investors' wealth. 
&nbsp;On March 31, 2008, Indian mutual funds ended their worst quarter of the decade.

Worst quarter in the decade for equity

The names of these funds are pretty misleading when one looks at the investing style of the respective fund managers.

Both funds failed to impress

High interest rates and overheated asset prices have cooled the super-charged growth in real estate even as a demand-supply mismatch continues in the Indian property market. 

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'High interest rates, prices stunt real estate'

Aimed at bringing the much-needed transparency in Gujarat's real estate, the revised Jantri prices  a ready reckoner for stamp duty  may further put pressure on realty prices. 


Revised jantri may impact Gujarat`s realty

REAL ESTATE: DLF, Unitech, Emaar-MGF and the Ambience Group are in race to build the largest mall.

Who`s the biggest of them all?

Real estate, metal and banking stocks were the hardest hit in the recent slide on the bourses. Investors, sensing that these sectors may be affected by the turmoil in the global credit markets, dumped

Realty stocks hit hardest in recent fall

Oakwood Asia Pacific, a division of the Los Angeles headquartered Oakwood Worldwide, the largest chain of serviced apartments worldwide, launched its first serviced apartment in India, in Pune. 


Oakwood launches serviced apartment in India

REAL ESTATE: The short supply of good architects could be a real dampener on the construction boom.

Beyond the building block

REAL ESTATE: Developers rush into the super-luxury segment.

Million-dollar flats

Following a Central government notification last year, all township projects in West Bengal will now have to pass through the scanner of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA),

New panel to vet township projects in West Bengal

Raising funds is set to become more difficult for real estate developers. The move by the Department of Economic Affairs to classify foreign investment coming in as partial, optional and

Realtors feel bite of new rule on pref shares

Real estate developer Emaar MGF Land is planning to enter the healthcare and education sector in the country with a chain of 50 hospitals and, 100 schools and universities over the next seven years.


Emaar enters healthcare

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INSURANCE: It's a good idea to read the fineprint carefully before signing on the dotted line for employee insurance cover.

Covered for life?

REAL ESTATE: Money is where luxury is. A real estate group eyes the moneyed footfalls as it sets out to put big brands under one roof in Bangalore.

Carving a niche

Lavasa may be Maharasthra's newest address in real estate development, but villagers there feel they have reason to worry. What's going on? 


The road to Lavasa

Ravi Teja Sharma examines real estate development in Visakhapatnam and finds that the city is rejoicing in its new avatar.

The port of investments

Pune, Dehradun, Goa and Kerala are fast emerging as preferred destinations for the retired and would-be retirees.


Nothing grey about retirement homes

HOSPITALITY: New properties will complete the Park's presence in all key metro cities.

Boutique attack

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