Bangalore has absorbed six million square feet of office (commercial) space in three quarters (January to September) in 2005 and is likely to close the year above the 7.25 million square feet absorbed

B`lore absorbs 6 m sq ft office space

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LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LICHFL), after a lacklustre performance last year, has set ambitious targets for this year  Rs 6,270 crore and Rs 2,275 crore for individual and project loan sanctions,

LIC Housing sets ambitious targets

Real estate development company, the Aerens Group, is expanding its speciality malls business. Last October it inaugurated its first jewellery specialty mall  the Gold Souk  in Gurgaon. 


Aerens expands speciality malls

The frenzy has led to a realisation among land owners about the value of their holdings and they are making a killing.


Kolkata land prices soar on mall fever

Ampa Housing Development plans to construct a Rs 50 crore mall in Chennai. Called, Ampa Centre One, the mall is scheduled to be inaugurated in September 2006. 


Rs 50-cr integrated mall coming up in Chennai

GE Commercial Finance Real Estate on today announced it had invested $63 million in Ascendas India IT Parks Fund set up by Singapore-based business space provider Ascendas group.


GE enters Indian property market

The likes of Wal-Mart can save kirana shops in India.


T Thomas: FDI in retail sector

Guindy Industrial Estate, the last landmark at the south western margin of Chennai city, is in the midst of a transformation. 


IT locale with a touch of class

Mumbais virtual reality prices (read transfer of development rights or TDR) has spiralled to its 1995 levels on the back of the current realty boom. While till six months back, TDR transactions were

Realty check: TDR rates hit the roof in Mumbai

Two of the biggest mortgage lenders, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and ICICI Bank, today increased home loan rates by half a percentage or 50 basis points across all maturities. 


Pay more for home loans now

<B>What exactly do you get when you buy a chunk of the Rs 15,000 crore Amby Valley?</B>


Prime estate

The Bangalore retail real estate market has been slowly maturing and new supply is likely to slow down in the current year. Till the end of 2004, there was about 1.3 million sq feet of retail real

Retail real estate mkt slowly maturing

Foreign buyers in India no longer need to trek to Saharanpur to source wooden furniture or trudge to Moradabad for brassware. Or, for that matter, travel to Alleppy for natural fibre products. 


Designs on decor

Three Indian cities  Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi  figure in Asias investors choices for real estate investment in 2005.


City tops Asian investors` choices

Housing finance firms start issuing notices


Home loan defaulters have no room to hide

Tired of Mumbais housing problems  slums, old dilapidated buildings, obsolete building bylaws that force you to stay in these buildings, the absence of green open spaces and volatile housing

Housing woes: the solution rise in London

Earlier this week, listing took place of the stock of Shoppers Stoparguably the pioneer of modern large format retailing in India. A premium of almost 60 per cent on the issue price took many by

Arvind Singhal: Good tidings for all

Correction of property prices on the cards.


Glut fails to tame soaring realty prices

The prospects of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retailing received another shot in the arm as the mid-term review (MTA) of the Tenth Five-Year Plan made a strong case for allowing foreign

FDI in retail will not harm small players

MetroCorp, a company promoted by a consortium of investment bankers and mortgage bankers from US and Europe, plans to invest about $2 billion through the FDI route to take up residential townships in

$2 bn FDI in townships planned in city, Chennai

The stagnancy in rentals and a marginal increase in commercial space capital values have made Mumbai cheaper globally. 


Mumbai slips in office cost ratings

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